. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. [ILLIAM B. JAMES. Among others, in Chariton county yetin the prime of life, who have attained a reasonable degreeof success in a chosen line due to their persistent industry, isthe subject of this sketch. Being a gentleman with an extended circleof acquaintances, it is his pleasure to boast of as many friends as anyone in the county. He was born near Roanoke, in Howard county,May 12, 1862, and was a son of Robert James, a prominent merchant ofRoanoke, who with his family moved to Salisbury, in 1866, where heagain en
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. [ILLIAM B. JAMES. Among others, in Chariton county yetin the prime of life, who have attained a reasonable degreeof success in a chosen line due to their persistent industry, isthe subject of this sketch. Being a gentleman with an extended circleof acquaintances, it is his pleasure to boast of as many friends as anyone in the county. He was born near Roanoke, in Howard county,May 12, 1862, and was a son of Robert James, a prominent merchant ofRoanoke, who with his family moved to Salisbury, in 1866, where heagain engaged in the mercantile business until his death in 18TP>.Robert James, grandfather of our subject, of German descent and a rORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 67. Kentuckian hy birth, was amono-the early settlers of Howard coun-ty, locatinof near Koanoke in who o:iu(led the early steps ofour sul)iec-t was in her maiden-hood, Miss Sarah Twynian, dauo^h-of a Viro;inian, who moved toHoward county in the lOs. Itwas there she met and marriedRobert flames, which union wasblessed by the birth of two chil-dren, W. B., our subject, and adauofhter, Allie, who died in heryouth. By a former marriaoe,Kol)ert James, was the father ofanother son, Albert James, who now resides at Idaho Sprinos, Idaho. Sometime after the death ofher husband, the mother of our sul)ject was united in marriao;e to W. Craio^, with whom she now happily resides at Jefferson the ao;e of thirteen years, our subject, havino; chosen the druo-business as his lifes occupation, entered upon an apprenticeship inthe establishment of W. H. Tindall, and t)y diligent study andimprovement of every opportunity soon mastered the art of compound-ino; medicine. Ten years later
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