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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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EASUM, CHARLES A., farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Camp Point; is the oldest of ten children of William and Catharine (Tyler) Easum. His father was born in Maryland, mother in Jefferson county, Ky. They were very large in stature. Her grandfather weighed over 400 pounds in moderate flesh. She weighed 260, and has a daughter who turns the balance at 230 pounds. The subject of this sketch was born in Jefferson county, Ky., Oct. 3, 1326. Ten years later his parents came to Adams county, Ill. His father is said to have built the first schoolhouse in the county, outside of Quincy. Mr. Easum came from Liberty township to Camp Point township, his present residence, in the fall of 1847. He was first married, Dec. 13, 1850, to Eliza McFarland, who died the 20th of the same month. He was married again, Oct.31, 1853, to Prudence Castle, born in Green county, Ill. They have four children: Rebecca A., Emma, Nellie B., and Samuel. Mr. Easum is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He owns eighty acres of improved land in Camp Point township, worth $50 per acre, and twenty acres of timber in Columbus township, worth $10 per acre.
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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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