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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

William MOONEY, attorney at law, Braidwood. This gentleman was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, 
July 18, 1841, and is the son of Thomas and Ann (CLARK) MOONEY, of Ireland; his father was a 
miner; when Mr. MOONEY was but 9 years of age, be commenced to work in the coal mines; he 
followed mining while in Scotland; in 1865, he emigrated to America, landing in New York 
City; thence to Pennsylvania and Ohio; engaged in mining; in 1866, he came to Braidwood, 
Will Co., IL, and commenced to work for the C. & W. Coal Co., mining. Mr. MOONEY has held 
several offices of public trust; in 1870, was elected Justice of the Peace; in 1873, was 
elected to the Legislature, Twenty-ninth General Assembly (elected on the Independent 
ticket); in 1877, was elected City Attorney; this office he still holds; in these offices 
Mr. MOONEY has acquitted himself in a very creditable and efficient manner; was admitted 
to the bar to practice law by the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1875. Democrat in politics 
and a Catholic in religion. Married in 1876 to Miss Kitty O'CONNOR, of Illinois, have one 
child.