WI BIO - Dodge Co - SCOULAR, James

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 653

James SCOULAR, furnaceman, Mayville [Williamstown Township (Town 12 North 
Range 16 East), Dodge County, Wisconsin], was born 29 March 1824 in 
Sterlingshire, Scotland, where he was educated and learned his business. He 
came to America in 1850.

He [James SCOULAR] lived for two years in Portage [Columbia County], 
Wisconsin, and was two years in Indiana with the North West Iron Company. He 
came to Mayville [Dodge County, Wisconsin] and worked for two years for the 
same company, under J. WHITE, and was then placed in charge of the furnace, 
which position he held until the Company shut down the works in 1875.

In 1854 he [James SCOULAR] married Miss Elizabeth DUNCAN. They [James and 
Elizabeth (DUNCAN) SCOULAR] have six children: Isabella, Alexander, John, 
Jennie, George, and William. Mr. SCOULAR is a Republican. Since 1875 Mr. 
SCOULAR has resided in the village [of Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin].

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