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Willis, Evander Berry

journalist, was born Aug. 19, 1847, in Brooklyn, N. Y. For several years he was reporter and correspondent for the New York Herald, and became editor and owner of The Mail of Middleton, N. Y. He has since filled editorial positions on The Daily Union of Madison, Wis.; The Chronicle and The Bulletin, of San Francisco, Cal.; was editor-in-chief of The Chronicle of Virginia City, Nev.; city editor of The Democrat of Scranton, Pa., and is now the managing editor of the Record Union of Sacramento, Cal., one of the foremost daily newspapers on the Pacific coast.

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