Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Bentley, Wilbur Gorton 1835 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 15, 2007, 1:37 am Author: Mae Felts Herringshaw (1916) Bentley, Wilbur Gorton, Lawyer and Underwriter of 127 North Dearborn Street, was born Dec. 13, 1835, in Watertown, N. Y. He served as Captain, Major and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Civil War. He was Attorney and Superintendent of Agencies of the Continental Fire Insurance Company; and for nearly fifteen years in the office of Hon. E. B. Sherman, Master in Chancery of the United States Court. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HERRINGSHAW'S CITY BLUE BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY CHICAGOANS OF 1916. TEN THOUSAND BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY MAE FELTS HERRINGSHAW CHICAGO CLARK J. HERRINGSHAW PUBLISHER Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1916, by Mae Felts Herringshaw in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/bios/bentley793gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb