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Below is a family biography included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published by Biographical Publishing Co. in 1894. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ORRA HAVILL, of Chester, is now the chief clerk at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, and was the first Democrat appointed by Warden Baker under the new administration. He is a prominent young man and has had many years of political training, his early education in that line having been under “Bob” Wilbanks and Frank Havill.
Mr. Havill was born February 3, 1868, in Mt. Carmel, Ill., and is a son of Frank W. and Lizzie Havill. He has served as foreman of the mails in the Chicago post office and was also in the railway mail service under President Cleveland’s first administration. For two years he was Master in Chancery in Wabash County. He has had several years’ experience in newspaper work also, having served as manager of the Mt. Carmel Register. Politically, he is a strong Altgeld man and an ardent admirer of David Bennett Hill.
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This family biography is one of 679 biographies included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published in 1894. View the complete description here: The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois
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