Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hastings, C E 1862 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

C. E. Hastings, merchant, Braceville. Prominent among the leading young 
business men in Braceville is C. E. Hastings, of the firm of Trotter & 
Hastings. He was born in 1862, in Pennsylvania; is the son of Eli and Rachel 
(Karr) Hastings, natives of the same State, and the parents of Laura, 
Catharine, S. M., C. E., Jessie M. and Cora B. The parents came to Illinois in 
1866, settling in Gardner and afterward in Morris. Our subject attended the 
schools of Gardner and Morris. He clerked for about three years in Braidwood. 
August 2, 1881, he formed the partnership name above, and is meriting a fine 
trade, having at this time a general line of dry goods, etc. September 21, 
1882, he was married to Lizzie B., a daughter of Capt. L. A. Baker, of 
Wilmington. He is a pleasant, genial fellow, and has the respect and 
confidences of all with whom he does business.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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