Lacrosse-Waukesha County WI Archives Biographies.....James, David J. 1813 - 
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DAVID J. JAMES, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Rockland; born in Glamorganshire, 
Wales, in 1813; married to Mary Jenkins; came to the United States in 1851, 
and settled in Waukesha Co., Wis.; came to La Crosse Co. in 1852, and bought 
80 acres of his present farm of Mr. Cook; has now 360 acres. His improvements 
are among the very best in the town. Has had twelve children, six of whom are 
living; children were all born in Wales but the youngest; children living are 
Mary, born 1833 (now Mrs. Thomas Davis); John, born 1835, resides in the town 
of Burns; David D., born in Wales March 19, 1837, married Margaret Price, 
daughter of William Price; Elizabeth, born Dec. 28, 1839 (now Mrs. Thomas L. 
Evans); Evan D. and Maggie, born Nov. 15, 1856. Mrs. James died Feb. 15, 1880. 
Mr. James is a member of the Welsh Presbyterian Church.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 834.

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