Background
Gill, Joseph A. was born on February 17, 1854 in Wheeling West Virginia. Son of John W. and Rhoda S. Gill.
Gill, Joseph A. was born on February 17, 1854 in Wheeling West Virginia. Son of John W. and Rhoda S. Gill.
Educated Springfield, Illinois) public schools and Illinois Industrial University, Champaign.
Honorary M. Donahue, of Clinton, Illinois, December 27, 1887. Children—Mistress Edna G. McClintock, Mistress Rose M. Border, Joseph A. Teacher several years. Admitted to bar, Springfield, Illinois, 1880.
Practiced law there, 1880-1883, Astoria, Oregon, 1883-1887, Colby, Kansas, 1887-1899.
United States district judge, Northern District of Indiana Ty. and chief justice Indiana Ty. Court of Appeals, 1899-1908.
Member Missionary Baptist Church. Mason. Edited Pacific Journal, Pacific Company, Washington Ty., and Thomas Company Cat, Colby.
Married Nannie, daughter; children: Mistress Edna G. McClintock, Mistress Rose M. Border, Joseph A. Teacher several years.