- Granville Barrere
Granville Barrere (
July 11 ,1829 -January 13 ,1889 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois , nephew ofNelson Barrere .Born in New Market, near
Hillsboro, Ohio , Barrere attended the common schools, Augusta College,Augusta, Kentucky , and was graduated from Marietta College,Marietta, Ohio .He studied law.He was admitted to the bar inChillicothe, Ohio , in 1853 and commenced practice inMarion, Arkansas .He moved to Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, in 1855, and then toCanton, Illinois , the same year, and continued the practice of his profession.He served as member of the city board of education.He served as member of the board of supervisors of Canton.Barrere was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (
March 4 ,1873 -March 3 ,1875 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874.He resumed the practice of law.He died inCanton, Illinois ,January 13 ,1889 .He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.References
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