JAMES PETTYJOHN, miller at Blue River Mills; son of Garrison and Martha Pettyjohn. His father is a native of Georgia, his mother of the State of Illinois; they came to the Territory of Wisconsin about 1840. They were married at Platteville. His parents were residents of Grant and Iowa Cos. until they removed to Minnesota in the spring of 1880. His parents have six children - James, Flora, Adda, Reuben, Frank and George. James was born in Iowa Co. in 1853. He learned his trade at Liberty Mills, near Lancaster.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.