Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1817, the son of Andrew and Mary (Blakeny) Pease. Pease was educated in the select and common schools, taking his Latin in the former. He was his father's assistant in the duties of the farm until the death of his parent in 1844, when he married Miss Elizabeth McCullough. They continued to live upon the home farm until 1851, when they removed to Lee County, Iowa, and settled in Marion Township. On coming to Iowa Mr. Pease bought a farm of 320 acres, upon which he lived until 1865, when he sold it, and the following year purchased a fine grain and fruit farm in Van Buren County. The ensuing fifteen years were devoted to agricultural pursuits at the farm in Van Buren County. In 1880, Mr. Pease purchased a home in Fort Madison. He has been engaged in manufacturing to some extent, but has now retired from active business. In politics Mr. Pease was reared a Democrat, and has continued throughout his life a firm adherent of the political tenets of Thomas Jefferson. He has served his party and his state in prominent and important capacities, and few men are better known in the state of Iowa for zeal and devotion to the public welfare than James B. Pease. Few men have done more effective service in placing the commonwealth in that proud position which she occupies today among her sister states. In 1856 he was elected to represent Lee County in the state legislature, and in 1873 was elected from Van Buren County to the state senate on the Anti-Monopoly ticket. While a member of the legislature he held the position of chairman of the Committee of Reform Schools, and took a leading part in the regulation and betterment of those institutions. Another service for which he merits peculiar honor was the part he played in the support of the bill to regulate the exorbitant charges of railroad companies. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1817, the son of Andrew and Mary (Blakeny) Pease. Pease was educated in the select and common schools, taking his Latin in the former. He was his father's assistant in the duties of the farm until the death of his parent in 1844, when he married Miss Elizabeth McCullough. They continued to live upon the home farm until 1851, when they removed to Lee County, Iowa, and settled in Marion Township. On coming to Iowa Mr. Pease bought a farm of 320 acres, upon which he lived until 1865, when he sold it, and the following year purchased a fine grain and fruit farm in Van Buren County. The ensuing fifteen years were devoted to agricultural pursuits at the farm in Van Buren County. In 1880, Mr. Pease purchased a home in Fort Madison. He has been engaged in manufacturing to some extent, but has now retired from active business. In politics Mr. Pease was reared a Democrat, and has continued throughout his life a firm adherent of the political tenets of Thomas Jefferson. He has served his party and his state in prominent and important capacities, and few men are better known in the state of Iowa for zeal and devotion to the public welfare than James B. Pease. Few men have done more effective service in placing the commonwealth in that proud position which she occupies today among her sister states. In 1856 he was elected to represent Lee County in the state legislature, and in 1873 was elected from Van Buren County to the state senate on the Anti-Monopoly ticket. While a member of the legislature he held the position of chairman of the Committee of Reform Schools, and took a leading part in the regulation and betterment of those institutions. Another service for which he merits peculiar honor was the part he played in the support of the bill to regulate the exorbitant charges of railroad companies. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1817, the son of Andrew and Mary (Blakeny) Pease. Pease was educated in the select and common schools, taking his Latin in the former. He was his father's assistant in the duties of the farm until the death of his parent in 1844, when he married Miss Elizabeth McCullough. They continued to live upon the home farm until 1851, when they removed to Lee County, Iowa, and settled in Marion Township. On coming to Iowa Mr. Pease bought a farm of 320 acres, upon which he lived until 1865, when he sold it, and the following year purchased a fine grain and fruit farm in Van Buren County. The ensuing fifteen years were devoted to agricultural pursuits at the farm in Van Buren County. In 1880, Mr. Pease purchased a home in Fort Madison. He has been engaged in manufacturing to some extent, but has now retired from active business. In politics Mr. Pease was reared a Democrat, and has continued throughout his life a firm adherent of the political tenets of Thomas Jefferson. He has served his party and his state in prominent and important capacities, and few men are better known in the state of Iowa for zeal and devotion to the public welfare than James B. Pease. Few men have done more effective service in placing the commonwealth in that proud position which she occupies today among her sister states. In 1851 he was elected to represent Lee County in the state legislature, and in 1873 was elected from Van Buren County to the state senate on the Anti-Monopoly ticket. While a member of the legislature he held the position of chairman of the Committee of Reform Schools, and took a leading part in the regulation and betterment of those institutions. Another service for which he merits peculiar honor was the part he played in the support of the bill to regulate the exorbitant charges of railroad companies. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.