Bio: Mabie, James (History - 1829) 

Contact: Janet Schwarze

Surnames: MABIE SHAW

----Source: Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, WI, published by The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891, pg. 247 - 248.

JAMES MABIE is one of the reliable farmers of Clark County who have assisted in conquering the forest and converting the land from the wild state in which nature had left it, to farms of great fertility and beauty. He is a native of Putnam County, New York, born July 22, 1829, and is a son of Levi and Drusilla (Shaw) Mabie, who were also born in New York. They emigrated to Wisconsin in the year 1855, and settled in Fond du Lac County, where the father passed the remainder of his days the mother died at the home of our subject, in Clark County, Wisconsin. The parents were both consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were numbered among the upright citizens of the community. Their family consisted of seven children: Harrison, James, Alanson, Elizabeth, John, Mary and George.

James was the second of the family he was reared on a farm in New York, assisting his father in the labors incident to agricultural life. After he came to Wisconsin he resided in Fond du Lac County until 1874, when he came to Clark County and located on the place where he now makes his home. He owns 160 acres of good land, and has cleared about sixty and placed it under cultivation. He has devoted all his energies to this occupation, and has been an energetic, hard working man. Through a flaw in the title to his land he has been obliged to pay for twice this injustice has been a great hindrance to his progress, but he has weathered the gale, and is meeting with success in all his business undertakings.

In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, and is a stanch adherent to their principles. He has two children, Henry and Warren, both of whom are living.

MABIE SHAW