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Below is a family biography included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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MAST, CASPER, retired; residence, corner 7th and Kentucky streets; born in Baden, Germany, July 6, 1816; located in Quincy, 1835. At that time there were only about 500 inhabitants, and but one brick house in it. He married Rosana Dold, Feb. 22, 1841. She was born in Baden, Germany, in 1818. Had five children, three living: Maria A. (now Mrs. Joseph Heckle), Christian F., and Victoria R. (now Mrs. Ben Heckle.) They are members of the Catholic Church, and Democrats. He followed farming in Melrose township twenty-five years, and retired in 1860. He has acquired, by honest labor, a comfortable competency, and lives a quiet life, surrounded by his children and grandchildren, loved and respected by all; a devoted servant of the Lord.

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This family biography is one of 1444 biographies included in The History of Adams County, Illinois published by Murray, Williamson & Phelps in 1879.  View the complete description here: The History of Adams County, Illinois

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