Merrill, C. S. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 451, Astoria Township
C. S. Merrill, of the firm of W. B. Merrill & Bro., book dealers, became established in business in Astoria in connection with W. B. Merrill, deceased, in 1875, and opened their business first in the postoffice building. They erected their present building in 1876. W. B. Merrill, the senior member of the firm, died April 3, 1879. Since that date Mr. C. S. Merrlll has been at the head of the establishment, which will compare favorably with any of this line in Fulton Co.
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