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wortham, h. c.
Wortham was clerk of the Coles County Circuit Court in 1864¬72. (HCC)
wright, asa d. (1811¬71)
Wright was a New Yorker who came to Menard County, Illinois, in the early 1830s. He served in the Mexican War and was involved in civic and business affairs in and around Petersburg. (IAMM; Miller; pension ‚les, National Archives, Wash‚ington, D.C.)
zane, charles shuster (1831¬1915)
New Jersey¬born Zane moved to Sangamon County during his youth. He attended McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois, from 1852 to 1855 and in 1856 began to study law with James C. Conkling. He was admitted to the Illinois bar the next year and in 1861 began practicing with WHH when AL left for Washington, D.C. After leaving WHH's of‚ce, Zane served as register of the Spring‚eld Land Of‚ce, was the partner of Shelby Cullom (1870¬73), and later served as chief justice of Utah Territory. He was married to Margaret Maxcy, a niece of WHH. (DAB; NCAB)
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