LC control no. | n 2008162184 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Fifer, Joseph Wilson, 1840-1938 |
Variant(s) | Fifer, J. W. (Joseph Wilson), 1840-1938 Fifer, Private Joe, 1840-1938 |
See also | Illinois. Governor (1889-1893 : Fifer) |
Associated country | U.S. |
Associated place | Ill. |
Birth date | 18401028 |
Death date | 19380806 |
Profession or occupation | Governor |
Found in | NUCMC 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) |