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Fifer, Joseph Wilson, 1840-1938

LC control no.n 2008162184
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Personal name headingFifer, Joseph Wilson, 1840-1938
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Variant(s)Fifer, J. W. (Joseph Wilson), 1840-1938
Fifer, Private Joe, 1840-1938
See alsoIllinois. Governor (1889-1893 : Fifer)
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Associated countryU.S.
Associated placeIll.
Birth date18401028
Death date19380806
Profession or occupationGovernor
Found inNUCMC data from McLean County Museum of Hist. for Fifer-Bohrer collection, 1869-1965 (Joseph Wilson Fifer, 1840-1938; Illinois governor)
Wikipedia WWW, June 5, 2008 (Joseph Wilson Fifer; 28 Oct. 1840-6 Aug. 1938; Repub. gov. of Illinois, serving from 1889-1893; also member of Illinois Senate, 1881-1883; enlisted as private in the 33rd Illinois Infantry at the start of the Civil War and was severely wounded at Jackson, Miss., during Gen. Grant's Vicksburg campaign; also known as Private Joe Fifer)
NUCMC data from McLean County Museum of Hist. for Dr. Archibald E. Stewart collection, 1853-1894 (coll. contains correspondence from J.W. Fifer)