Page, William T.

Born: 1809-XX-XX Vermont

Died: 1877-XX-XX

William T. Page was the commissioner of the Wabash County Circuit Court and later the master in chancery. He also served as one of the original trustees of the Mount Carmel Female Seminary. Page subsequently worked as cashier for the Canal Bank in Evansville, Indiana in the late 1850s and for the First National Bank from 1863 to 1865. By 1860, he had accrued $3,000 in real estate and $500 in personal wealth. During the Civil War, he helped arrange committees for supporting the families of enlisted volunteers from Evansville and sold Union war bonds.

Melinda Lawson, "Let the Nation Be Your Bank: The Civil War Bond Drives and the Construction of National Patriotism," An Uncommon Time: The Civil War and the Northern Home Front, ed. by Paul A. Cimbala and Randall M. Miller (New York: Fordham University Press, 2002), 111; Frank M. Gilbert, History of the City of Evansville and Vanderburg County Indiana (Chicago: Pioneer, 1920), 1:235, 299; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Vanderburgh County, IN, 268; The Banker's Magazine and Statistical Register (1857-1858) 12:995; An Act to Incorporate the Mount Carmel Female Seminary; Beall v. Ballentine et al., Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=138028; In re Legier, The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=137823; Lesher & Hinde v. McCall et al., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=137896; Gravestone, Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, IN.