LAW, James

LAW

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 19:41:31

James Law
born in 1849, Ireland

James Law, a farmer of section 20, Douglas Township, Ida County, was born in Ireland in 1849, a son of John and Margaret (Carson) Law, natives of the north of Ireland, and of Scotch descent. In 1850 the father left his native country for the United States, locating in Genesee County, New York, where he purchased and cleared a farm. The parents both still reside on the old homestead of that county. They were the parents of six children, viz.: Anna, wife of John Miller, of Attica, New York; James, our subject; Sarah, now Mrs. A. R. Gordon, of Sac county, Iowa; William, single, and resides in New Mexico, where he has been in the employ of a railroad since sixteen years of age; Rosa, wife of Lawrence, of Batavia, New York; John, who came to Ida county in 1889, is married and resides on a farm.
James Law, the subject of this biography, was reared in New York until twenty-one years of age, when, in 1871, he came to Iowa, receiving his education in Genesee County, New York, and Grinnell, Iowa. He was afterward engaged in farming in Poweshiek County until 1882, and in that year purchased 160 acres of unimproved land in Douglas township, Ida County. His place is now under a fine state of cultivation, with good residence, etc. In Poweshiek County, in 1878, Mr. Law was united in marriage to Delora Lachner, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Charles Lamb. The latter was an early pioneer of Iowa, at one time resided in Harrison County, and is now deceased. Our subject and wife have four children: Emma, Ruth, Daisy and Lenny. Mr. Law takes an active part in the Republican Party, has witnessed nearly the full development of Douglas Township, and has always taken an active interest in everything for the good of both his township and county.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.607