Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....James, Levi L.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown A-L


LEVI L. JAMES attorney-at-law, P.O. Doylestown, was born in 
New Britain township, Pa., March 5, 1846, and is a son of 
Samuel P. and Louis A. (Mann) James, natives of Bucks 
county, and of Welsh and Scotch-Irish descent.  Our 
subject's father was a farmer almost all his life.  He was 
the father of seven children.  Levi L. was reared on a farm 
until he was 14 years of age, when he entered the store of 
William Thompson as clerk and remained there three years, 
when he entered the Millersville State Normal school in 
Lancaster county. He afterward came to Doylestown and read 
law with H. P. & G. Ross, and April 25, 1870, was admitted 
to the bar and has since been in practice with Hon. George 
Ross, the firm being known as George Ross & L. L. James.   
In 1873 he was elected district attorney, and served one 
term.  He is a Royal Arch Mason.  He was married January 22, 
1883, to Rebecca R. Purdy.  They are parents of one child, 
Samuel P.