About Wayne Fitzgerrell
Lived 1908 – 1965 (aged 57). Wayne Fitzgerrell was an American politician.
Wayne Wright Fitzgerrell (March 17, 1908–May 11, 1965) was an American farmer and politician.
Biography Fitzgerrell was born in Sesser, Illinois and graduated from Sesser High School. He worked as a coal miner and was the foreman at the Old Ben Coal Mines in Buckner, Illinois. Fitzgerrell was a farmer and raised live stock and grain in Franklin County, Illinois. Fitzgerrell served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1957 until his death in 1965. He was a Republican. Fitzgerell was killed in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 66 in Illinois just north of Farmersville, Illinois in Montgomery County, Illinois.
Legacy The Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area, near Benton, Illinois, was named for Fitzgerrell.
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Who was Wayne Fitzgerrell?
American farmer and politician
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Wayne Fitzgerrell was born on 17 March 1908.
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Wayne Fitzgerrell died on 11 May 1965.
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Wayne Fitzgerrell was a politician.
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