Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

JAMES FIELDEN, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville; was born in 
Roachdale, England, Jan. 10, 1829, to James and Betty 
(Bellfield) Fielden; he, born in England about the year 
1800, and died in this county, in 1858; he was a son of 
John Fielden; she was born in England in 1800, and died in 
Cass County in 1861. They were the parents of eight 
children, of whom James, the subject of this sketch, was 
the youngest. He came to America with his father and 
grandfather in 1842, and remained with his parents to the 
age of twenty-five years. He learned the trade of shoe-
making, but subsequently began farming. He commenced life, 
as he says, -"worse than poor," and by his industry and 
economy has succeeded in accumulating 286 acres of the best 
land in Cass County. His farm is under a high state of 
cultivation, and has all the modern improvements in the way 
of a fine residence, barns, etc. Mr. Fielden was married in 
Cass County on the fourth day of February, 1857, to Miss 
Elizabeth Briar. Mrs. Fielden was born in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, in November, 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Fielden have 
been blessed with seven children, of whom four are now 
living: Mary, Emma, Lincoln and Lannes. He is a member of 
the Baptist Church, and she of the Cumberland Presbyterian. 
Politically, Mr. Fielden, like his father and grandfather, 
was a Whig, but now unites with the Republican party.

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