Background
Mcsurely, William Harvey was born on January 27, 1865 in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, United States. Son of Review William. Jasper (Doctor of Divinity) and Hulda (Taylor) McS.
Mcsurely, William Harvey was born on January 27, 1865 in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, United States. Son of Review William. Jasper (Doctor of Divinity) and Hulda (Taylor) McS.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Wooster, 1886. (Doctor of Laws, from same university, 1921).
Admitted to Illinois bar, March 29, 1889. Member firm of Norton, Burley & Howell, Chicago, 1895, succeeded, 1897, by Burley & McSurely. Member Illinois General Assembly, 5th Senatorial District, 1905-1906.
Elected judge Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, April 1907.
Chief justice superior Court, 1911-1912. Appointed to Appellate Court, First District, Illinois, 1912.
Presiding justice Appellate Court.
Member American, Illinois State and Chicago bar associations, Chicago Historical Society, Ohio Society, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Union League (president 1913-1914), University, Flossmoor Country, Law.
Married Mary Elizabeth Cadman, October 18, 1892. Children: Marion (Mistress Alfred Schnoor), William Cadman.