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JAMES F. QUIMBY was born Feb. 1, 1833, in
Phillips, Frank lin Co., Maine. Came to Minnesota in 1855,
arriving in Stillwater Nov. 17, and to Anoka Co. the following
year. He followed lumbering, working in the woods and saw mills at
Anoka. He was in the Woodbury saw mill some Six or seven years.
Came to his present farm in the town of Ramsey in 1862. He has 200
acres in sections 10 and 15, about 60 of which are under
cultivation. He was married Oct. 4, 1871, to Charlotte S. Rogers.
Children: Julia R. (Mrs. I. Harry Rand). and Susan J. |