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JAMES B. WILD, of James B. Wild & Co., proprietors of the Sarcoxie Nurseries, Sarcoxie, was born in Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept 26, 1849. His parents, Herman and Maria Wild, were natives of Germany. Our subject remained at the place of his birth until about ten years old; he then came with his parents to St. Louis, Mo., where he attended the city schools and the Bryant & Stratton Business College, receiving a very good education. He came to this county in the spring of 1868, locating near where he now resides. For a time he engaged with an uncle as foreman in the saw-mill and lumber business; afterwards in the manufacture of cigars and dealing in tobacco; then in agricultural pursuits until 1875, when he, with his brothers, Henry N. and Frank H., embarked in the present business under the firm name above indicated. Mr. Wild was married Aug. 22, 1875, to Miss Rosa Belle, daughter of Isaac Monholen, of Newton county, Mo. This union has been blessed with two children, Guilbert H., born June 20, 1876, and Edward A., born Sept. 1, 1878. Mrs. Wilde is an acceptable member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They have a pleasant home, near the nurseries, over which Mrs. W. presides with true womanly grace and dignity. Mr. Wild is a man of superior business qualifications, energetic and enterprising, and thoroughly devoted to his chosen work, and with the aid of his associates in the firm he cannot fail to make it win. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., also of the P. of H. [For further personal mention see page 667.]