Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. J. L. O'DONNELL, of the firm of Haley & Donnell, attorneys at law, Joliet; is a native of the State of Illinois; he was born in La Salle. Co. Aug. 10, 1849; he was educated in St. Mary's College, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; after which he read law in the office of Glover, Cook & Campbell, of Ottawa, IL, and with Mayo & Widmer, of the same place. He was admitted to the bar in Springfield, IL, in January 1874, and the 1st of August following, formed a law partnership with P. C. HALEY, Esq., which still continues. He was married on the 19th of September 1877, to Miss M. C. EDGERLY, of Putnam Co., IL.