Background
James Earickson was born in Isle of Kent, Maryland, and moved to Howard County, Missouri in 1818.
James Earickson was born in Isle of Kent, Maryland, and moved to Howard County, Missouri in 1818.
He was elected to the Missouri State Senate as a Democrat in August, 1828. Less than five months later, in January, 1829, he was appointed as State Treasurer of Missouri. The city of Glasgow, Missouri was created in 1836 from land partially contributed by Earickson.