to the United Nations; graduated from Mt. Vernon Township High School. Clyde Lee, Illinois state legislator and businessman Ben Moses, TV producer, writer, director, filmmaker William L. O'Daniel, Illinois state legislator and farmer David Overstreet, Illinois Supreme Court justice. Charles W. Pavey, Illinois businessman and politician Tazewell B. Tanner, Illinois state representative, judge, and newspaper editor Kenny Troutt, Founder and CEO, Excel Communications Albert Watson, Illinois Supreme Court justice Albert Watson, II, US Army lieutenant general during World War II Jane Willis, attorney, member of blackjack team featured in New York Times best-selling book Bringing Down the House and the film 21 (2008 film) Mary Beth Zimmerman, golfer References History of Jefferson County, Illinois, William Henry Perrin, 1883 Mt. Vernon Illinois A Pictorial History, Thomas A. Puckett, 1991, Bradley Publishing company External links Cities in Jefferson County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1817 1817 establishments in Illinois Territory Cities in Illinois