JAMES BALLANTINE, farmer and capitalist; of the firm of Ballantine Brothers, dealers in Durham cattle and Cotswold sheep, Bloomington; was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1822, and came to Wisconsin in 1846, and located in Grant Co., two miles north of his present residence; has always been engaged in farming and stock-raising. Married, in 1867, in Prairie du Chien, to Miss A. A. Pennock, of Wisconsin, whose parents were early settlers of Crawford Co., by whom he has four children, two sons and two daughters. In 1863, he met with a serious accident - his team got frightened at a falling tree and ran away, crushing one of his feet and ankles, and he had to suffer amputation. He has built one of the finest brick residences in Grant Co. He and his brother David are in partnership in farming and stock-breeding; they farm about one thousand acres; have always been active in business and are self-made men.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.