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Fife, James S., Waddington, was born in Waddington, September 8, 1836. His father, Thomas, was a native of Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, born in 1795 and in 1817 came to Washington county, N. Y. In 1819 he came to Waddington and purchased
the farm now owned by James S. Here he lived and died. He married Elsie Short, born in 1800, a native of Northumberlandshire,
England, and daughter of James Short who came to Waddington in 1818 and settled on a farm. Mr. Fife and wife had
a family of three sons and eight daughters. They were meinhers of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. He was a commissioned
officer in the milita. He died February 20, 1883. and his wife in 1880, aged eighty years. James S. was reared
on the farm he owns and was educated in the common schools. He married Jane, daughter of Deacon Thomas Rutherford,
a son of John Rutherford, To Mr. Fife and wife were born three children: Agnes H., Thonias R., and Ella. Mr. Fife
owns 158 acres of land where he resides and eighteen and one half acres in front of Madrid Station House and a
farm of 268 acres in Fine, St. Lawrence county. His principal occupation is dairying and he keeps over seventeen
cows. Mr. Fife is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Scotch Presbyterian Church.
FROM:
Our County and it's people
A memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York
Edited by: Gates Curtis
The Boston History Co., Publishers 1894
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