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JAMES FASKIN (deceased), was born near Aberdeen, Scotland, May 20, 1834, and came with his parents to North America in 1836. They settled in Kingston, Ont., where he was reared and educated, and learned the trade of wagon-maker. At the age of twenty-one he went to the then territory of Minnesota, where he followed the business of house carpenter. He was married at Fairbault, Minn., May 1, 1862, to Miss Myra Willis, a native of La Porte county, Ind., who went to Minnesota with her parents when young and received her education at the Seabury Seminary, Fairbault, Minn. They came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1874, and commenced improving a farm which he had previously purchased. Mr. F. died in Jasper county Aug. 30, 1881, leaving a family of four children; namely, Charles E., born March 7, 1863; Ida L., born June 4, 1870; Frank W., born May 8, 1873; and Eva I., born Nov. 25, 1878. He was during life an industrious hard-working man; a thorough mechanic and good citizen; and a kind husband and father. He was a charter member of the first lodge of Odd Fellows organized in Fairbault, Minn. His widow, an active intelligent lady, with the assistance of her son, a promising young man, is managing the farm, and the son is demonstrating his ability in that direction, and is reasonably prosperous.