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A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . racting andbuilding for awhile, and at the present time isa resident of Cass Lake, Cass county. His wife,whose maiden name was Sarah McCullum, wasborn in Pennsylvania, removed with her parentsto Minnesota when a girl, and died a few yearsafter her marriage, leaving three children, ofwhom Myron Nelson, the subject of this sketch,is the first-born. Receiving but a limited education in the dis-trict schools of Scott county, which he attendedr
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . racting andbuilding for awhile, and at the present time isa resident of Cass Lake, Cass county. His wife,whose maiden name was Sarah McCullum, wasborn in Pennsylvania, removed with her parentsto Minnesota when a girl, and died a few yearsafter her marriage, leaving three children, ofwhom Myron Nelson, the subject of this sketch,is the first-born. Receiving but a limited education in the dis-trict schools of Scott county, which he attendedrather irregularly until twelve years old, MyronNelson Casterline began to be self-supportingwhen but eleven years old. He worked as a farmlaborer, drifting about in different parts of thestate until coming of age, when he went to , where he served an apprenticeship at thecarpenters trade. Going subsequently to Oregon,he worked at his trade in Portland from 1890until 1893, when he settled as a contractor andbuilder in Phoenix. Ariz., remaining there sevenyears. The following two years he was similar-ly employed at Prescott, Ariz., and from 1902. i HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1071 until 1905 was one of the leading builders andcontractors of Hollywood, Los Angeles county,Ca!., where he built up a fine business. Comingto Oceanside in 1905, he bought land and builta fine residence, on Corona Heights, where henow resides, his home being pleasant and at-tractive. Continuing in his former occupation,he is one of the foremost builders and contrac-tors of this section of San Diego county, and iscarrying on a large remunerative business, draw-ing his own plans and erecting some of the finestand best-appointed buildings of Southern Cali-fornia. In Phoenix, Ariz., Mr. Casterline marriedMary Monahan, a native of Ireland, and theyhave one child, Clissie May. Mr. Casterlineis a member of the Metliodist Episcopal Church,and in politics he is a Prohibitionist. He ispublic-spirited
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