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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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L. D. Cassinelli is a native of Italy, born near Genoa, September 23, 1840, and came to America with his parents when seven years of age. The father located permanently in St. Louis, Mo., and here the subject of this sketch received his education in the Christian Brothers’ College of that city. After leaving school, he worked in the fruit business until about the age of sixteen, when he left St. Louis and went to Tennessee, thence to Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and finally Missouri, before settling down to business. He has been obliged to depend upon himself for a livelihood since the tender age of ten years, and understands thoroughly what it means to “hustle for a living.” He came to Little Rock, Ark., in 1870, and was here united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bertola, a native of Austria, who bore him one child, a son, Louis Humbert. Mr. Cassinelli is engaged in selling fruit, and is interested in the real estate business. He also follows farming, and raises fruit of all kinds which are sold on the main street of Little Rock. Mr. Cassinelli is a large, fleshy man, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He owns ten lots in the suburbs of the city and 112 1/2 acres of land close to the city. He is noted for his honesty and integrity, and is one of the best citizens of Little Rock. What is termed genius has little to do with the success of Mr. Cassinelli; keen perception, sound judgment and a determined will, supported by persevering and continuous effort, are essential elements to success in any calling, and their possession is sure to accomplish the aims hoped for.

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This family biography is one of 156 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Pulaski County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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