Background
Northcott, William Allen was born on January 28, 1854 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of General R. S. and Mary (Cunningham) Northcott.
Northcott, William Allen was born on January 28, 1854 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of General R. S. and Mary (Cunningham) Northcott.
Moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1861. Student United States Naval Academy, 1869-1873.
Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1887. Settled in Greenville, Illinois, 1879. State's attorney, Bond Company, Illinois, 1882-1892.
Head consul, Modern Woodmen of America, 1890-1903.
Specialist on adequate fraternal insurance rates. Lieutenant governor of Illinois, 1897-1905.
Moved to Springfield, Illinois, 1905. United States district attorney Southern District of Illinois, 1905-1914.
President Inter-Ocean Casualty Company.
Mason, Odd.
Married Ada R. Stoutzenberg, September 11, 1882.