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It was he who persuaded Thomas to move to Illinois in 1830. [7] [2] [8] He worked alongside Abraham at his first job after he left home. Hanks and Abraham together went to New Orleans in 1831, as hired hands on a flatboat owned by Denton Offutt, Lincoln (and his stepbrother John D. Johnston) being hired at Hanks' recommendation.
U.S. Representative from Illinois Buried in Decatur (Greenwood Cemetery) Rolla C. McMillen: Oct 5, 1880: May 6, 1961: U.S. Representative from Illinois Lived in Decatur Richard James Oglesby: Jul 25, 1824: Apr 24, 1899: U.S. senator and the 14th governor of Illinois: Grew up in Decatur Thomas D. Westfall: May 14, 1927: Mar 7, 2005: Mayor of El ...
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Decatur, Illinois, and its surrounding metropolitan area, including Macon County, Illinois. Subcategories
William Herndon; Elijah Iles; William Jayne; John L. Lewis – President of the United Mine Workers from 1919 to 1960; Abraham Lincoln – sixteenth President of the United States during the Civil War; Mary Todd Lincoln – Abraham's wife; Fleetwood Lindley – the last person to have looked upon Lincoln's face in September 1901; Vachel Lindsay
Groups of men began joining, first for camaraderie and later for political power. Emerging as most influential among the various organizations during the first post-war years was the Grand Army of the Republic, founded on April 6, 1866, on the principles of "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty," in Decatur, Illinois, by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson. [2]
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office reported William Nicholas Abraham, 69, was found dead wrapped in a tarp along Highway 51 in the parish on Sept. 29, 2024.
Decatur, Illinois: Positive printed on glass from a lost original negative or ambrotype [37] Decatur Public Library Abraham Lincoln was in Decatur to attend the Illinois State Republican Convention. Local photographer Edward A. Barnwell wanted to take a picture of "the biggest man" at the convention and invited Lincoln to his People's Ambrotype ...
William Abraham (trade unionist) (1842–1922), Welsh Liberal-Labour Member of Parliament for the Rhondda, 1885–1920; William J. Abraham (1947–2021), Northern Irish United Methodist pastor and theologian; Sir William Abraham (British Army officer) (1897–1980), British general; William Abraham (bishop) (1792–1837), Roman Catholic Bishop ...