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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. 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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C. J. PARKER, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Crestline, was born in State of New York September 1, 1840. He was raised in Illinois, where he received a good education, and began teaching school at the age of seventeen. He taught three years, and then went to Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial, College, graduating therefrom. Then taught school in Illinois a short time, and then went to the Rocky Mountains and taught school six months. He came to Kansas in 1869, bought a farm and farmed and taught school. He is now running farm and lumber business at Crestline. He has a grain and stock farm, with a fine line of all kinds of fruits. He was Justice of the Peace six years, and is now School Trustee. While in Montana, he was Court Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. He is also a Freemason. He was married to Miss Nancy Edwards, of Kansas, in 1876, and has four children—William B., Jessie, George and Grace.
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