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People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Pontiac, Illinois Pages in category "People from Pontiac, Illinois" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The Illinois Department of Corrections Pontiac Correctional Center is located in Pontiac. [40] Pontiac housed the male death row until 2003. Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of all death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Pontiac, Menard , and Tamms correctional centers. [ 41 ]
While Mr. Lincoln was at the house, Mr. Strevell measured his height in the doorway and Mr. Lincoln's height was six feet four inches. Mr. Strevell then served two terms as an Illinois State Representative and one term as an Illinois State Senator. Mr. Strevell moved to Miles City, Montana. The house fell into disrepair.
The North cell house at Pontiac Correctional Center. An attack on correctional officers two weeks before in the North house was a harbinger for what was to take place on July 22, 1978.
Strevell was an active member of the Illinois Senate. His most significant legislative achievement in 1871 was to have the Illinois Boys Reformatory School built in Pontiac. The Boys Reformatory eventually became the current Pontiac Correctional Center. In 1879, the Strevell family moved from Pontiac to Miles City, Montana.
Jesse W. Fell (November 10, 1808 – February 25, 1887) [1] was an American businessman and landowner. He was instrumental in the founding of Illinois State University as well as Normal, Pontiac, Clinton, Towanda, Dwight, DeWitt County and Livingston County in Central Illinois.
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