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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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CASTLE, CHAUNCEY H., stove manufacturer, 432 Maine street; residence, Kentucky, between 2d and 3d; was born in Columbus, this county, July 10, 1843; removed to this city in 1860; enlisted in Co. I, 73d Regt. Ill. Inf., in August, 1862, and served two years and two months. After his return he became one of the firm of Comstock, Castle & Co., stove manufacturers probably the largest of its kind in the West. They manufacture about two thousand tons of stoves yearly. He was married to Miss Mary E. Parker, of Galesburg, in 1868; they have five children, two sons and three daughters. Republican in politics.

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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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