About George T. Kersey
Lived 1866 – 1946 (aged 79–80). George T. Kersey was an American politician.
George T. Kersey ( – January 8, 1946) was a state legislator in Illinois. He was a Republican who served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1931. He was an undertaker. The New York Public Library has a photograph of him. W. E. B. Du Bois wrote to him requesting a biographical account of Kersey's life.
In 1923 he supported a successful bill for a monument to African American veterans in Chicago. Victory Monument is in Bronzeville. His address was listed as 3515 Indiana Avenue in Douglas, Chicago,
He died in Chicago at age 80.
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Who was George T. Kersey?
Illinois politician
When was George T. Kersey born?
George T. Kersey was born in 1866.
When did George T. Kersey die?
George T. Kersey died in 1946.
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George T. Kersey was a politician.
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George T. Kersey was American.
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