WILLIAM E. MAGILL
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Was born in the State of Pennsylvania, June 9, 1816. Removed west, in 1837, and settled in Griggsville, Illinois, and removed to Springfield, Illinois, in 1840, and to Mason county in 1842. He was married in 1840 to Miss Laura Hoyt, of Griggsville, his present estimable wife. Mr. Magill is an educated farmer, of large experience, and has accumulated a good property. His influence and position in his neighborhood is indicated in these facts, that for twenty-two years he has been a justice of the peace, and for ten years township treasurer. He was among the first men in this county to engage in the "farmers' movement," and has been prominently identified with it.

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