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Francis R. Wiley
Photograph of Francis R. Wiley; prominent Decatur lawyer since 1906. He was Macon Co. Master-in-Chancery from 1934 to 1938. He is prominent in Democratic politics and in 1920 was a candidate for congress and in 1933 was candidate for the nomination…
Elza Virgil Wierman
Photograph of Elza Virgil Wierman; (died 11/8/1950). Decatur attorney since 1904. He was a former member of the law firm of Outten, Ewing, McCullough & Wierman. He was a member of the Decatur, Illinois, and American Bar Associations, Modern Woodmen…
William Kenney Whitfield
Photograph of William Kenney Whitfield; (died 1/19/1940). Former Macon County Circuit Judge and one of the founders of the former Standard Life Insurance Co. He came to Decatur in 1911 from Sullivan, where he was sate's attorney for Moultrie County…
Sons of Ray Trimby Sr., Connie, Homer, Ray Jr., Glen and Loren
Photograph of sons of Ray Trimby Sr.. Left to right Connie, Homer, Ray Jr., Glen and Loren Trimby.
Ada Tilley
Photograph of Ada Tilley on the right with Dorothy Sullivan on the left and Jess Doyle middle, taken July 4, 1942.
W. P. Shade Family
Photograph of W. P. Shade, wife and children. Mr. Shade born: 6/4/1849; died 12/12/1938. He married Alice Dorsey in 1874, she died in 1875. He then married Sophie Busher on Dec 23, 1878, she died 1/31/1930. Mr. Shade's obit: Decatur Daily Review,…
J. Edward Saxton
Photograph of J. Edward Saxton; (died 9/17/1927). Justice of the peace in Decatur for 20 years, retiring in 1925. He became a partner with George R. Bacon in the wholesale paper business here in 1881. Later he opened a book store and ran it for 16…
William S. Ridgly
Photograph of William S. Ridgly; (died 10/20/1947) owner of Ridglydale Farms and former president of the Ridglydale Dairy; member of the Decatur Club, the Country Club, the Elks Club and the Chester White Swine Assn'; photo ran in the Decatur Herald…