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James J. Mars
b.1803 Virginia
d.8 Aug 1886
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Name James J. Mars
Gender Male
Birth? 1803 Virginia
Marriage to Maria L. Maupin
Death? 8 Aug 1886

Came to Tennessee in 1828 and settled in Sequatchie Valley where he remained for two years and then removed to Campbell County, Tennessee, where he settled permanently and followed farming as a vocation. He was public spirited and enterprising man and served as a justice of the peace of his county for over 18 yeras. He was a brickmason by trade and erected a large number of brick residencesin Powell's Valley.