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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Garrow, James

Garrow, James . Farmer, Upper Ardgowan. Mr. Garrow was born in December, 1822, on the boundary of Perthshire and Argyleshire, Scotland, but both his parents belonged to Morayshire. His father was for many years an Inspector of Roads and Bridges under a Parliamentary Commission. He was trained to fill the same position and ultimately succeeded his father, and his father's brother occupied the position until the Parliamentary grant was withdrawn. Meanwhile Mr. Garrow was transferred to the Isle of Man, where he became Surveyor-General, and he held that position for about twelve years. After serving his fellows in these public capacities. Mr. Garrow says that ‘he came to New Zealand to serve the beasts of the field,’ and arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Auckland” in 1877. He settled for a few months in Dunedin, and then bought land at Richmond, wnere he remained for five years. After selling out his interest in that place, he bought 282 acres of freehold at Upper Ardgowan, where he settled in May, 1883. Mr. Garrow also leases forty acres of an adjoining reserve, and goes in chiefly for sheep farming. He
Mahan and Muir, photo. Mr. and Mrs J. Garrow.

Mahan and Muir, photo.
Mr. and Mrs J. Garrow.

page 477 was married, on the 19th of January, 1846, in Inverness, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Gordon, of that town, and has three sons and one daughter. His sons own about 400 acres of freehold land adjoining that of their father.