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James F. Saffold, a popular and enterprising farmer and stock raiser, of Independence County, is a son of James F. and Elizabeth (Hulsey) Saffold, both natives of that county, where James, Jr., was born on the 2d of July, 1854. The elder Saffold was a noted and brilliant politician during his life, as also a leading spirit in all public enterprises for the advancement of his county. He was elected to represent Independence County in the State legislature, and filled the office with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents, besides filling several minor positions. On the occasion of his death, at the age of forty-five years, the county lost one of her most valued citizens and one whom she well appreciated. He belonged to McGuire Lodge No. 208, A. F. & A. M., and was also a member of Oil Trough Chapter No. 84. His loss was deeply mourned by the public, as well as his wife and six children, to whom he was a kind husband and an indulgent father. He was strictly a self-made man, having received but a limited education in his youth; but the brain and power of the man were equal to any emergency, and in after life he had educated and qualified himself for any position he might have been called upon to fill within the gift of the people, or in the ordinary demands of business. His son, James F. Saffold, Jr., follows closely in the light of his father’s many good qualities, and is a representative citizen of the county. Added to what he inherited from his father’s estate, he now owns 250 acres of land, with 175 acres under cultivation, and has erected one good dwelling, several tenant houses and barns upon the place. Mr. Saffold is not a member of any particular religious faith, but he has contributed to a great many causes, both religious and educational; and outside of his large circle of friends in Christian Township, is well known throughout Independence County.