Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Royer, C F 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

C. F. Royer, farmer, section 7, Hopkins Township, is a son of Christian and 
Mary (Whitmer) Royer, natives of Pennsylvania, who still reside in their 
native State. They had a family of 13 children, whose names are Jacob W., 
George A., David and Christian (twins), Cyrus E., C. F., Washington, Ellie C., 
Mary E., Alice G., Elam and Ezra (twins) and Ida F. The subject of this sketch 
was born in Franklin Co., Pa., June 24,1856, received his education mostly in 
the common schools and remained at home till the spring of 1877, when he came 
to Whiteside County, and for three years worked out by the month, farming, and 
then went to Kansas, where he remained one year and then resided also a year 
in Iowa, most of the time dealing in stock. He finally returned to this 
county, where he rented a farm of 200 acres on section 7, where he now 
resides. He was married in Coleta, Jan. 5, 1882, to Clara, daughter of James 
S. and Hester (Hanawalt) McCauley, who were natives of Virginia and Ohio. They 
came to Whiteside County in the year 1853, settling in Hopkins Township, where 
they have since lived. They had a family of eight children, namely: Marcellus, 
Mary C., John W., Alice A., Ida R., Clara and Willie; one died in infancy. 
Mrs. R. was born in Hopkins Township, April 6, 1861. She and her husband are 
the parents of two children,— Bertha M., born Jan. 22, 1883, and James 
Christian, born April 20, 1885. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. In political matters, Mr. Royer is identified with the Republican 
party. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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