Hacker, William A.

Born: 1827-XX-XX Jonesboro, Illinois

Flourished: Union County, Illinois

A son of John S. Hacker, William Hacker was born in and grew up in Jonesboro, Illinois. He became an attorney and practiced in Jonesboro. By 1860, he owned $5,000 worth of real estate and $2,500 worth of personal property.

U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Union County, IL, 165; William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1883), 2:456-59.