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1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881






Page 882

WILLIAM H. VIGAL , farmer, on section twenty-one, post office, New City, is a brother of the preceding (Alfred Vigal), and was born January 22, 1833. He was raised on a farm and received a common school education. He married Miss Sarah Willian, daughter of Thomas Willian, of Kentucky, and was born in Cotton Hill township, August 29, 1833; they have had six children as follows: Martha A., born September 3, 1857, now Mrs. Chester G. Williams; Everett A., born November 6, 1859; Metta E., born December 2, 1865; William M., born February 2, 1869; Ermen C., born October 17, 1873; Freddie H., born May 16, 1871, and died December 22, 1879. Mr. V. has held the office of supervisor for several years, and also other local offices of trust. He owns three hundred and sixty acres of land, under good cultivation, worth $40 an acre; he raises corn, and is largely engaged in feeding cattle. Mr. V. is a self-made man, and has earned his property by hard work, industry and economy. He has a fine residence; his wife and oldest daughter are members of the M. E. Church. In politics, Republican.


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