1845–1926

Introduction

Born: May 31, 1845, Mus­sel­burgh, East Lo­thi­an, Sco­tland.

Died: June 24, 1926, at his home in Nor­wood Park, near Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Oak Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Mount Car­roll, Il­li­nois.

Biography

William was the son of Rich­ard Hugh Lib­ber­ton and Cath­er­ine Mark, and hus­band of Sar­ah Eliz­abeth Mc­Kay.

During the Am­eri­can civ­il war, he was a pri­vate in Com­pa­ny C, 134th Il­li­nois In­fan­try Re­gi­ment.

After the war, he be­came a Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter, fill­ing pul­pits in the Pau­li­na Street, Joyce, In­gle­side, and Sac­ra­men­to church­es in Chi­ca­go. As of 1880, he be­longed to the Rock Ri­ver Con­fer­ence in Il­li­nois.

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Sources

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Lib­ber­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),