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- [S1512] The Biographical Record of De Kalb County, Illinois, Wilson, Humphreys & Co., Logansport, Ind., (Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1898.), 113. (Reliability: 3), 31 Dec 2016.
DR. C. SCHUYLER, dentist, with office on the corner of Third and Main streets, De Kalb, Illinois, is one of the leading dental practitioners of the county, none sustaining a higher reputation for skill and
reliability. While he is a young man in years and practice, he is in the front of his profession, being a thoroughly expert dentist, both in the mechanical and surgical branches of the art. He is a graduate of
the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, and has been established in De Kalb, Illinois, since his graduation from that institution in 1891. From the time that he first opened his office he has been steadily increasing his hold on popular favor and patronage. His rooms are neat, well appointed, and furnished with approved dental appliances, enabling him to do work in the very best form of art. All operations comprehended in modern dentistry are performed in a superior manner, and satisfaction is guaranteed in every instance.
Dr. Schuyler was born in Nunica, Michigan, February 23, 1868, and is the son of James H. and Mary (Sixbury) Schuyler, who were residents of Michigan at the time of the Doctor's birth. There his mother's
death occurred, but the father subsequently removed to Sycamore. Illinois, where the Doctor received his early training and fitted himself for college. On the second of September, 1896, he was united in marriage with Miss Harriet D. Goodrich, the accomplished daughter ol Erastus and Phebe Goodrich. She is a native of New York, born in 1871, and came with her parents to DeKalb county in 1879. Here she grew to womanhood, and received her education.
James H. Schuyler, the father of our subject, was united in marriage, at Sycamore, Illinois, May 9, 1866, with Miss Mary E. Sixbury, and they shortly afterwards removed to Nunica, Michigan, where two sons were born to them, Colfax, our subject, and James C. Mrs. Mary E. Schuyler was born at Sycamore, DeKalb county.
May 30, 1838, and died at Nunica, Michigan, February 7, 1876. Mr. Schuyler afterwards married a second wife, by whom he had one son. Joseph Sixbury, the father of Mrs. Mary E. Schuyler, was one of the pioneers of Sycamore, localing in that place in 1837. He was one of the men who assisted in locating the county seat at Sycamore. Both he and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he held the office of class leader and steward for several years. He was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery county, New York, November 7, 1810, and died at Sycamore, December 28, 1879. His wife was born at the same place, March 2, 1815, and died in 1880.
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