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| | Benton County, Iowa Obituaries |
 | | James Washington Athey was born in Park County, Indiana on October 28, 1820, and quietly passed away from earth at his home in Blairstown, Iowa, on the morning of January 29, 1925, at the advanced age of 95 years, 3 months and 3 days. |
 | | In 1853 he located on a farm in LeRoy township, Benton County, one mile south of Blairstown which he purchased from the government for eighty-three cents an acre. |
 | | James W. Athey was married to Miss Sarah Catharine Brown of Johnson County, Iowa, on July l4, 1853 and they began housekeeping in the log cabin which the husband had erected on his newly acquired farm. |
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