JAMES ATKINSON, farmer and miner, proprietor of the Peacock & Atkinson mine; North Andover; born in England in 1826; came to America in 1853, and settled in British Hollow, located on this place in 1870. Married Agnes Ann Peacock, a native of England; they have six children - Robert, Christopher, Frances Maria, Eliza J., Otto and Blanch.
This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.