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Jacksonville is a city and the county seat of Morgan County, Illinois, United States.The population was 17,616 at the 2020 census, [5] down from 19,446 in 2010. [6] It is home to Illinois College, Illinois School for the Deaf, and the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, and was formerly home to MacMurray College.
Jacksonville was established by European Americans on a 160-acre tract of land in the center of Morgan County in 1825, two years after the county was founded. The founders of Jacksonville, Illinois consisted entirely of settlers from New England.
Owen P. Thompson (1852–1933), judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois and a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois in 1904 Richard Yates (1818–1873), U.S. congressman (1851–1855) and senator (1865–1871); 13th governor of Illinois (1861–1865)
In 1944, Rowe was appointed Illinois Secretary of State to fill a vacancy and then in 1946 was elected Illinois State Treasurer. His son was Harris Rowe who served in the Illinois House of Representatives. Rowe died in Jacksonville, Illinois on March 19, 1973. [1] [2] [3]
About 1854, he became superintendent of the Illinois State Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville and served in that position until 1869, when he resigned and established Oak Lawn Retreat, a private asylum in Jacksonville. Beyond his work in mental health, McFarland published on work of fiction, The Escape (Boston, 1851). In 1891, he hanged himself.
The son was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on December 12, 1860. [1] He attended public schools and, from 1870 to 1874, the Illinois Woman's College (now MacMurray College ). He was the city editor of the Daily Courier in 1878 and 1879, and of the Daily Journal from 1881 to 1883.
After graduating from college, Baise was elected an alderman in Jacksonville. [4] He served as alderman from 1975 through 1978. [6] His employment outside of his elected office was in the admission's department of Illinois College. [4] During the 1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Baise volunteered for the campaign of James R. Thompson. [4]
Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Illinois (17 P) Pages in category "People from Jacksonville, Illinois" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total.