Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Shimin, James H. 1830 - 
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JAMES H. SHIMIN, a farmer of Kingston township, residing. upon section 26, where he
has a nice place, is a native of Albany, the capital of the State of New York, born
January 1, 1830, and is the son of John and Ann (Corros) Shimin, both of whom first
saw the light in the Isle of Man, a dependency of the British Empire, located in the
Irish Sea. His parents came to America in 1829, and settled in Albany, where they
resided many years and where the father died. In-1841 the mother removed to Michigan
and made her home there until 1867, when she came to Minnesota and located in
Hennepin county, where she died at the age of eighty-four years. She was a devout
Christian and a member of the Episcopal church.

  The subject of this memoir was roared upon a farm, and has always followed the
occupation of a farmer. Commencing life on his own account in New York State at the
age of eighteen years, he essayed agriculture in the Empire State, but later removed
to Michigan, where he lived until he came to Hennepin county, Minn., where he made
his home until December, 1876, when he came to Meeker county, arriving here the 18th
of that month.

  Mr. Shimin was married in January, 1861, to Miss Mary Ann Thomas, a native of
Richmond county, Ind., and daughter of Robert Thomas, of that State. She came to
Hennepin county, this State, where she was united in marriage to our subject, and
there died December 21, 1863, leaving one child — Edgar T., born December 5, 1863.
Mr. Shimin again contracted a matrimonial alliance, August 14, 1887, with Miss
Maggie Francis, a resident of Kingston township, a native of Meeker county, this
State, and daughter of A. J. and H. Francis.

  In his politics Mr. Shimin is a republican and is the present treasurer of school,
district No. 33. During the great civil war our subject, with commendable
patriotism, enlisted February 18, 1864, in Company B, Sixth Minnesota Infantry, and
served until the close of the war with that gallant regiment, receiving his
discharge August 19, 1865. His record while carrying a musket is that of a loyal and
gallant soldier and one “prompt to every duty’s call.”


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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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