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- Living with cousin James Hanna (8/1872) and wife Edna (12/1877) - (1900 census)
NOTES FROM THE WYOMING JOURNAL, JONES COUNTY, IOWA
? James Scroggie has moved to Adrian, Michigan. Dec 19, 1911
Jim was in Adrian, Michigan as a result of his job. He met Florence when he was at a livery stable and Florence arrived in a horse & buggy she drove to high school from their farm. Florence and her sister inherited the family farm in Adrian and Jim & Florence moved there in 1911. Jim didn't want to be a farmer and spent four years as a apprentice blacksmith. Jim, Florence and their family moved from Adrian to Vancouver, Washington in 1926 as a result of his sister Jessie's urging. There, he had a machine shop and a Texaco gas station.
- (Medical):Moved to Adrian, MI as a result of his job sometime between 1908 and 1911. He was in a livery stable when Florence Graham arrived, riding a horse & buggy from their farm to high school in town. Florence and her sister inherited the family farm there. Jim did not want to farm.
They moved from Adrian to Washington in the summer of 1926, initially to Longview at the urging of his sister Jessie, then to Vancouver (Jim would have preferred to return to Adrian). He spent the rest of his life there, owning a machine shop and a Texaco gas station.
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