Somerville, John A.

Somerville succeeded Illinois House Representative David Nowlin in 1837. Somerville represented Monroe County, until 1838. He married his wife, Elizabeth Robinson, in 1842.

John Clayton, comp., The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 206; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Monroe County, 18 August 1842, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL.