James Fraser

    James Fraser, son of Donald and Elizabeth (McIntosh) Fraser, was born in the parish of Blair-Athol, Perthshire, Scotland, September 4, 1813. At the age of about fifteen, he hired out as a farm hand, receiving about 25 cents per day for his labor for nearly twenty-six years -the highest price paid. In 1854, he came to Canada to superintend a farm for a friend; in 1856, he moved to New York, where he was employed in farming until 1871, when he came to this county (Benton) and settled on eighty acres he had purchased in 1869; he has taken great pains in improving his place, and has a fine orchard of all kinds of fruit.

    June 29, 1846, he married Sarah Robinson, daughter of Donald and Jane (Campbell) Robinson, and to this union have been born five children, of whom three are living -Jane C., who was born in Scotland in 1847; Daniel, a member of the Fowler bar, who was born in Canada in 1855; and Charles William, who is at home, and was born in New York in 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the Blood-Washed Army, and are highly respected citizens.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.