Person:James Shotwell (3)

!James Shotwell resided for 6 years after his second marriage upon the homestead of his father, for some 16 years upon a farm he purchased of Mr. Ryerson, at Augusta, and the remainder of his life on a farm adjoining, known as the Pellet farm. He received little pecuniary assistance in starting out in life, but by superior management and untiring industry he accumulated a large property, and at the time of his decease owned some 1600 acres of land. His life was wholly dedicated to agricultural pursuits, and he gave little attention to politics, never sought office, and never held any, except to act as surveyor of highways. He possessed a kind disposition,was frank and manly in his ways, and never feigned ostentation or display in his daily walk of life. He was known to the citizens of his township as a practical business man and an upright citizen. SOURCE: History of Sussex & Warren Counties, NJ, by Snell; page 401-402.

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