JAMES NIELD - Biography

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This biography appears on page 632 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

JAMES NIELD, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Racine; was born in England Dec. 7,
1816; came to Wisconsin in 1842. Married Miss Philadelphia Buckley March
17, 1835; she was born in England March 11, 1816; they have eight
children living- Hannah, Henry, James, George C., Mary, Jennie Augusta,
Amelia A. and Emma Z.; lost three children- Eliza N., age 13 months;
James, 3 weeks; and Harry, 9 months. Mr. and Mrs. Nield are members of
the Episcopalian Church. When Mr. Nield first came to Wisconsin, he
purchased 160 acres of land, near Kellogg Corner, at Paris, Kenosha Co.
removed to Racine in 1846, and engaged in the butcher business, which he
followed for fifteen years; removed Caledonia Township, where he still
resides and owns 117 acres of land, situated two miles north of Racine,
Sec. 29, Range 23, Town 4. When Mr. Nield first purchased his land, it
was all timber; now he has one of the finest farms and most pleasant
homes in the county; has an abundance of fruit -apples, pears plums,
Siberian crabs, and a variety of small fruit. His farm is on the
Limestone Ridge, near Ives, quarry, and has an abundance of the stone
near the surface; he has a fine house, with all the modern improvements,
and values his land at $100 per acre; also owns considerable property in
Racine- three stores on Main street and three cottages on Geneva street.
Some twenty-five years ago Mr. Nield held the office of Alderman, and
Supervisor for one term. When he came to Wisconsin he landed at Kenosha;
there was no pier there, so they sent their goods ashore by a scow, and
stored them in what was known as the poorhouse. Among one of his first
purchases was a horse and wagon, of Henry Mitchell; being unaccustomed
to driving horses, he drove them as he would oxen.