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Below is a family biography included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published by Biographical Publishing Co. in 1894.  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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WLLIAM CARLILE. Among the men who are cultivating a portion of the soil of Old Kaskaskia, Randolph County, to good advantage is the gentleman above named, whose pleasant home is located on lot 4, third sub-division of Kaskaskia Commons. Like many of the most progressive citizens of this section, our subject is a native of this county, having been born near Chester, July 15, 1857. He is the son of James and Mary (Shark) Carlile, who were born in Paisley, Scotland.

William Carlile, of this sketch, prosecuted his studies in the Fleming schoolhouse, located some five miles from Chester, near where his father was operating a farm. He remained under the parental roof and aided in cultivating the home place until reaching his majority, when he started out to begin the battle of life on his own account. He first began farming on Kaskaskia Commons, which has been the scene of his operations ever since, with the exception of one year, when he put in a crop on the hills. He is now cultivating a tract of fifty-seven acres, having a fifty-year lease on the old commons, where he has planted a young orchard and made many other valuable improvements.

August 28, 1883, our subject was married to Miss Olive, daughter of Robert E. and Mary B. (Carpenter) Phillip, natives respectively of Vigo County, Ind., and Old Kaskaskia, this county. Six children have come to brighten their home, as follows: Willie, May, Edward and Edna L. (twins), Harry and Sadie. May and Edward are deceased. Mrs. Carlile is a working member of the Missionary Baptist Church and is a most excellent lady. In politics our subject always votes the straight Democratic ticket, and in every enterprise to which he gives his support he maintains a deep and unwavering interest.

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This family biography is one of 679 biographies included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published in 1894.  View the complete description here: The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois

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