b Dec 5, 1800 Fayette Co, PA
m June 12, 1828 Frances Hambaugh(1850)
d Nov 3, 1850
ed Transylvania University
1823 admitted to bar
Jan 14, 1835 elected circuit judge
March 4, 1837 became municpal judge in Chicago
Feb 23, 1839 elected circuit judge
Feb 15, 1841 elected to state supreme court
Aug 1, 1842 elected govenor of Illinois
author History of Illinois for Its Commencement as a State
in 1818 to 1847(1854)
bibl Who Was Who in America 1607-1896 p256