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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JAMES FENTON HALLOWELL, second child of Jonas W. and Esther L. (Fenton) Hallowell, was born at the family homestead in Moreland township, January 24, 1865. He was reared to manhood under the parental roof, during which period he assisted with the work on his father’s farm. He attended the Abington Friends’ school until he was thirteen years old, then entered the Friends’ Central High School at Fifteenth and Race streets, Philadelphia, which he attended for three years, and then desiring to enter into commercial pursuits he pursued a course at the Bryant and Stratton Business College of Philadelphia.
His first employment was in the wholesale grocery establishment of Lippincott & Co., 21 North Water street, Philadelphia, where he filled various positions. By industry and fidelity to duty he soon won the confidence of his employers, who rapidly advanced him to positions of trust and responsibility. On January 1, 1897, he severed his connection with this house, and engaged in the brokerage and commission business at No. 11 South Front street, Philadelphia, having entered into partnership with T. A. James, under the firm name of T. A. James & Co. The firm met with immediate success under their well directed efforts, and the arrangement was continued up to January 1, 1902, when Mr. Hallowell withdrew his interests. He then purchased a half interest in the firm of B. S. Janney, Jr. & Co., wholesale grocers, at 119 to 123 Market street, Philadelphia. This firm was subsequently incorporated, Mr. Hallowell becoming its treasurer, and it is needless to say that he is eminently well fitted for the duties of this responsible position which he is filling at the present time (1904). The wholesome influences of his home training and his careful preparation for a useful business career have been the leading factors in the success he has attained. In addition to his commercial interests, Mr. Hallowell is actively identified with the Central Trust and Savings Company at Fourth and Market streets, Philadelphia, of which institution he was one of the incorporators, and is also a member of the board of directors.
James F. Hallowell was married October 22, 1890, to Emma Lloyd, who was born September 13, 1867, daughter of John and Annie W. Lloyd. They are the parents of one child, Marion L., born May 14, 1892.
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