Biographical Sketch of James W. Gartin, Platte Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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James W. Gartin, farmer and stock raiser, owns 160 acres of land in
Section 4.  He was born in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1834 and came to
Clay County, Missouri, with his father in 1835.  He received a good
education at William Jewell College, and at the age of eighteen he went
to Texas remaining eighteen months, when he came to Clay County, Miss-
ouri.  His father was a government contractor, furnishing horses and
stock for the Western frontier, and for several years James assisted 
him in delivering his stock.  In 1858 he came to Tremont Township, 
where he lived until 1866, when he bought a farm in Platte Township,
where he now lives.  He has a fine farm, well improved.  He has for
many years run a theshing machine, and in that line has by his care and
fair dealing and promptness in filling his engagements gained an excel-
lent reputation.  He and his wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.  In 1858 he married Miss Mary F. Millen in Clinton County, MO.
They have seven children: Annie J., James A., Charles S., Mary Fannie,
William Thomas, Elvina Virginia and Emma Angie.

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