Draft:Duff Piercy
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Willis Duff Piercy was an author, orator, and state legislator in Illinois.[1][2]
WORKS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE; Illinois Man by His Labor Pays for His Education and that of His Wife.
Page 331 Photo his photograph also appears early in the Lincoln Jubilee in Chicago publication here ("The Commission" page 8)
Editor Mount Vernon News[3] Author? Educator?
Piercy died November 12, 1918, at the age of 44 for influenza.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Willis Duff Piercy". sites.rootsweb.com.
- ^ "Article clipped from Daily Republican-Register". Daily Republican-Register. November 13, 1918. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Son, N. W. Ayer & (July 6, 1913). "N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory: A Catalogue of American Newspapers, 1913, Volume 1". UNT Digital Library.
- ^ "Obituary for Hon W Duff Piercy". The Belleville News-Democrat. November 13, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
