Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Major, John Chastine MD 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

MAJOR, John Chastine, M. D., who has been engaged in the successful practice 
of his profession since 1900, was born in McLean County, Ill., December 31, 
1876, a son of Chastine and Mary (MAURICE) MAJOR.  Chastine MAJOR was born in 
McLean County and his wife is also an Illinoisian.  He was engaged in farming 
in that country until his death, which occurred in 1904 at Arrowsmith, Mrs. 
MAJOR dying in 1890 at the same place and she and her husband are buried in 
McLean County.  They were the parents of two children:  John Chastine and 
Thomas W.

The boyhood of Dr. MAJOR was spent on a farm.  He attended the district school 
of his locality, then entered the Illinois Wesleyan University, studying there 
three years, and subsequently entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, where 
he was graduated in 1900.  He then located in Braidwood, Ill., where he 
remained until 1906, when he came to Coal City, at which place he has built up 
a good practice and has established an excellent reputation for skill in his 
profession.

Dr. MAJOR was married, January 1, 1901, to Ida JACK of Braidwood, who was born 
in Braidwood, April 2, 1881, and to this union two children were born:  Rex 
Chastine, born December 24, 1902, and Bessie Bell, born July 10, 1906, who 
died November 2, 1908.

Dr. and Mrs. MAJOR are Methodists.  He is a member of the following lodges:  
Masonic, Knights of Pythias, Foresters, Eastern Star and the White Cross.  
Politically he is a Republican.  He is now deputy coroner of Grundy County, 
having served on the Board of Health of Coal City for two years.  He is modest 
and unassuming in demeanor, pleasant and courteous to all, and has a multitude 
of close personal friends in all stations of life.  He owns 170 acres of land 
in Maine Township.

page 858

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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