Individual Details

5 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
William L. Vail was age 24, of Rt 2, Beardstown, (Cass), IL. Born 27 Nov 1892 in Industry, (McDonough), IL. worked as car repairer for Chicago Burlington & Quince Railroad, Beardstown. Had a wife to support.
Medium height & build, blue eyes, brown hair.

Married Nannie Chambers, 31 Aug 1935, Cook Co, IL

Buried Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Cass Co, IL Buried with him was Nancy K. Harden Vail, b. 1896, IL, died 13 May 1931, Beardstown, Cass Co, IL.

The Pantagraph, 30 Jun 1939, Friday, p.2
Leonard Vail Dies in Chicago at 47
Oscar Vail, 1005 South Low Street, with his daughter, Miss Dorothy Vail, went to Chicago Friday in response to a message announcing the death Thursday afternoon of his brother, Leonard Vail.
The latter, 46 years old, was a former resident of Bloomington, where he was employed in the Alton shops. He had lived for the last 10 years in Melrose Park, where he was employed by the Northwestern Railway shops.
Mr. Vail had been ill for more than a year and confined in a hospital since March. He is survived by his widow, fourd children, Chicagp; mother and brother, Raymond in Beardstown, and the brother here. Mrs. Oscar Vail and a son will go to Chicago to attend the funeral, arrangements for which are not complete.

Birth	27 Nov 1892	Industry, McDonough County, Illinois
Death	1939

Father	Moses Vail (1865 - )
Mother	Sarah Jeannette Avery (1867 - 1941)
Sibling	Oscar Millard Vail (1890 - 1943)
Sibling	Oliver Raymond Vail (1902 - )