Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Borland, James R. 1834 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JAMES R. BORLAND. The agricultural calling has many representatives among the
noble and high-spirited men in Juniata Township, Tuscola County. Among the most
enterprising of these is he whose name appears above. He resides on section 5,
where he is the fortunate owner of one hundred and sixty-five acres of excellent
land. Besides this he owns two hundred and eighty acres in another portion of
Tuscola County. He devotes his time to mixed farming.

  Our subject is the son of John and Mary (Robinson) Borland, natives of County
Antrim, Ireland, where James R. was born January 7, 1834. Our subject was reared
on a farm. His parents emigrated to America, and located in Niagara County, N.
Y., in 1843, coming to Michigan in 1853, and locating in this township, which
was then a wilderness. He purchased about two hundred and forty acres of wild
land from the Government, which he cleared before his death, which took place
about 1882.

  The subject of this sketch was happily married to Miss Sarah Jane Caul, March
16, 1863. She is a daughter of Lucius Caul, and born in New York. This union
resulted in the birth of four children- Mary L., Ada M., Sarah C. and Margaret.
They are all at home with their parents. Mr. Borland was one of a family of nine
children, and of these four are still living. They are James R., William, Robert
V. and Margaret J. Sherman. In politics our subject is a Republican. For nine
years he has acted as Supervisor of the township, has also been Treasurer
seventeen years, and has served on the School Board twenty-five years.


Additional Comments:
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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