Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Hartray, James 1834 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society (1879)

    JAMES HARTRAY, farmer, Secs. 5 and 6; P. 0. Truesdell; born March 27, 1834,
in Boston, Mass.; lived there until 3 years of age; removed to Detroit, Mich.,
and, in 1842, went to Grosse Point, Cook Co., Ill.; moved to Evanston, Ill., in
May, 1856; bought a farm in North Evanston, which he sold in 1873, and then
devoted his time to grading, horse-dealing, etc., until he purchased his present
place, in February, 1876, and came to reside here in June of that year; besides
raising general farm produce, Mr. Hartray devotes special attention to
horse-breeding, having several of the best bred mares and horses in the country;
short-horn cattle; dairy work, making a large quantity of butter annually; he
also raises large numbers of full-blooded, long-wool, Leicester sheep. He is the
son of James and Ellen Hartray; his mother died March 15, 1876; his father is
living at North Evanston, Ill. Married Miss Mary Ellis, of Cook Co., Ill., May
24, 1855; Mrs. Hartray is of German parentage, and was born in mid-ocean; she
inherited quite a large property; they have nine children-James W., born March
16, 1856; Ellen, Jan. 1, 1858; May J., Feb. 15, 1860; John, June 20, 1862;
Thomas, Oct. 4, 1864; George, April 17, 1867; Annie M., Dec. 2, 1870; William
C., March 27, 1873; Frank, June 27, 1877. Held school offices at Evanston, Ill.;
is Supervisor of Pleasant Prairie Township, and is serving his third year as
Road Overseer of this place. Mr. H. and family are members of St. Mark's
Catholic Church.

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Extracted from:

THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
(1879)


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