William Drury Gayle (August 25, 1859 – March 4, 1939) was an American businessman and politician. Gayle was born in

Lincoln, Illinois Lincoln is a city in Logan County, Illinois, United States. First settled in the 1830s, it is the only town in the United States that was named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president; he practiced law there from 1847 to 1859. Lincoln is ho ...

. He was the owner of the Lincoln Monument Company in Lincoln, Illinois. Gayle served on the Lincoln City Council and as Mayor of Lincoln. He also served on the school board and was a

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. He served on the

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Board of Review and as the deputy county collector. Gayle served in the

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in 1933 and 1934. Gayle died at St. Clara Hospital in Lincoln, Illinois after suffering a heart attack at the Eagle's Club.'Ex-Mayor Dies-Bury Former Lincoln Mayor,' The Decatur Daily Review (Illinois), March 6, 1939, pg. 12

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