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Biography of James Self

From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]


Page 934

JAMES SELF, architect and builder, London. Mr. Self was born in England May 12, 1829. He is a son of Stephen Self, a native of England. He married Lydia London. Our subject was reared and educated in his native land, residing there till twenty-nine years of age. He learned his present trade when sixteen years of age, working at it for five years. On September 11, 1857, he came to the United States and direct to London, Ohio, where he has since resided. Mr. Self has resided here over a quarter of a century, and during that time has been prominently identified with the building interests of Madison County. He owns a farm of forty acres adjoining the village, where he manufactures brick. In 1881 he made over 1,000,000, He has been fairly successful in life, and owns some good village property. He was married in 1856, to Lavina Johnson, also a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Self are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.



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