About William D. Gayle
Lived 1859 – 1939 (aged 79–80). William D. Gayle was an American businessperson and politician.
William Drury Gayle (August 25, 1859 – March 4, 1939) was an American businessman and politician.
Gayle was born near Lincoln, Illinois in Broadwell Township. He was, after 1890, the owner of the Lincoln Monument Company in Lincoln, Illinois. He served on the Lincoln City Council and as Mayor of Lincoln and also served on the school board. He was a Democrat. He served on the Logan County Board of Review, as the deputy county collector, and in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1933 and 1934. He died at St. Clara Hospital in Lincoln, Illinois after suffering a heart attack at the Lincoln Elk's Club.
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American businessman and politician
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William D. Gayle was born in 1859.
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William D. Gayle died in 1939.
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William D. Gayle was a businessperson and politician.
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