William de Fleurville (1807 - 1868)

Born 12 Sep 1807 in Haiti

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Died 13 Apr 1868 at age 60 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States

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Biography

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William "Billy the Barber" Florville was the first black barber in Springfield, Illinois. He was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was invited to be a pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral but instead walked with the African Americans in the procession.

William de Fleurville was born in Haiti in 1807.

He was the first black barber in Springfield, Illinois. He was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was invited to be a pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral but instead walked with the African Americans in the procession.

He passed away in 1868 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 April 2020), memorial page for William “Billy the Barber” Florville (12 Sep 1807–13 Apr 1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #20661, citing Calvary Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20661/william-florville

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: 127; Page: 70a; Line Number: 25
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #16555177
  Wm Flourville (43), Barber, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA. Born in Hayti Hd.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHL-DCT : 19 March 2020), Wm Flourville, 1860.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ5L-P19 : 8 March 2018), William J. Florville in entry for William L. Florville, 15 Mar 1921; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,570,366.

• The Negro in Illinois: The WPA Papers. United States, University of Illinois Press, 2013. Page 37-9.

• Ancestry.com. Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Accessed 15 Jun 2021. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60984&h=453928&tid=168874852&pid=242186683750&hid=1004208231772

• To Address You as My Friend: African American Letters to Abraham Lincoln, edited by Jonathan W White, the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2021, Prologue pp. XV-XIX

• Will: Sangamon County, Illinois Wills, Conservatorships, Guardianships, Appraisements, 1821-1982; Author: Illinois. Probate Court (Sangamon County); Probate Place: Sangamon

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCFZ-146