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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Stephen James

Mr. Stephen James , the Senior Partner, was born in 1841, in the parish of Bodmin, Cornwall, England, where he was brought up to farming. He arrived at the Bluff in January, 1864, by the ship “Edward Thorn-hill,” and a month later settled in the Wrey's Bush district. Mr James was employed in the district till 1875, when he took up land and commenced farming on his own account. His land was then in tussocks, swamp, flax and rushes, but has since been brought into cultivation. Mr James took his son, Mr R. G. James, into partnership in 1902. Mr James served for a term on the Wrey's Bush school committee, and held office as a trustee of the Methodist church. He was married, in December, 1874, to a daughter of the late Mr James Gard, of Cornwall, and has two sons.