James Trow was a director for a Life Insurance Company in Waterloo and became a warden for Perth County in 1871, a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.
He was also a director for the Ontario Mutual Life Insurance Company of Waterloo. Trow was warden for Perth County in 1871 and reeve for the township of North Easthope for 21 successive years. Perth County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario in Southwestern Ontario, 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Toronto. 
