of Washtenaw County, Michigan · documented from the public record
The family in the record
James B. Arms
James B. Arms⚭ Clarissa Smith
childrenCharles Arms · James B. Arms Jr. · George C. Arms · Benjamin F. Arms
Their story
What the record says
Capt. James B. Arms Sr.
Received military title in Massachusetts (his native state), serving as Captain of the Massachusetts State militia.
Later a farmer in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
A pioneer settler.
Republican.
Married at Albany, N.Y. in 1827.
Seven children born, 2 surviving at time of writing.
Portrait on page 693.
Source: History of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1906).
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