JAMES A. MOUNTS, one of the leading representative farmers of Franklin township, of which he is a native, was born January 14, 1845, a son of Richard R. and Margaret (Johnson) Mounts. Our subject was educated at the schools of the district, the attendance being limited to a few weeks during the winter season, and the remainder of the year occupied in assisting on his father's farm, and learning the practical lessons of agricultural labor. From the earliest life he has been accustomed to hard work, and he is now the owner of some 280 acres of prime land in an excellent state of cultivation. In 1870 Mr. Mounts married Martha, daughter of J.W. Chambers, and of this union the following named children were born: Margaret (Mrs. Brook Anderson), Harriet (Mrs. Mike Buckley), Jennie, Nellie and John W. The mother was called from earth January 27, 1891, deeply lamented by all who knew her. In political life Mr. Mounts has always been an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party, and in Church matters a liberal and earnest supporter of the Presbyterian Church at Buffalo.

Text taken from page 744 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Jack McNatt of Valrico, FL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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