Lincoln in Hancock County

Hancock County was off the beaten track for Abraham Lincoln. County residents were more familiar with his senatorial opponent, Stephen A. Douglas. In October 1858, Lincoln addressed an enthusiastic audience on the Carthage square. Afterward, he walked a few blocks ...

Lincoln County Confederate Monument

[Crossed Flags]

61-65

To the Memory

of the

Confederate Soldiers

of

Lincoln County

Marker is on North Washington Street (State Highway 43), on the right when traveling south.

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Lincoln County Veterans Monument

In Sacred Memory of the

Men of Lincoln County

Who Made the Supreme

Sacrifice

World War I

Jesse H. Blackburn

Titus B. Booker

Richard E. Lewis

Edward W. Smalley

Ralph W. Humpreys

Talmadge Bohler

James C. Justice

Thomas Flanigan

World War II

Henry Cawley

John T. Soolsby

Bob Guillebeau

Henry N. Hames

Grady R. Higdon

Leonard Mobley

Clyde A. Peeler

Kenneth ...

Lincoln County

Lincoln County was created by Act of Feb. 20, 1796 from Wilkes County. It was named for Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) of Hingham, Mass., who held the Chief Command of the Southern Department in the Continental Army. In 1781 ...

Lincoln County / Franklin County

Lincoln County

Established 1809; named in honor of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln of the Revolutionary Army. After service at Saratoga, he was put in Chief Command in the Southern Colonies. Later, he was Secretary of War under the Confederation, 1718-83.

Franklin County

Established ...

Buffalo County’s Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile

The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a transcontinental automobile route from new York City to San Francisco. Dedicated on October 31, 1913, the route was marked by the letter “L” within red, white, and blue bands ...

Lincoln County War Memorial

[center cenotaph]

World War I

John Cornwell • George Davis • Thomas Garland • Isaac Henkle • Freeman Hinkle • John Holmsley • Horace Huffman • Albert Lineberger • Bidwell Loftin • Furman Martin • William Shuford • David Wright • Jess ...

Champaign County's Lincoln

(Top Section)

Champaign County was always on Lincoln’s circuit. Abraham Lincoln spent nearly 20 years of his life practicing law on the 8th Judicial Circuit, traveling from one county seat to another. Even as the circuit shrank while population ...

Lincoln County War Memorial

In Memoriam

[County Roll of Honored War Dead - see photos]

Marker is on Manvel Avenue (Oklahoma Route 18/66) near 9th Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Rally After the Debate / Lincoln in Coles County

[Side One]

[Top Section]

Nineteenth-century Illinois political campaigns and rallies were raucous affairs, part entertainment and part serious politics. The candidates were often accompanied or preceded by marchers, fireworks, flag bearers, musicians, and- - -in the case of Stephen A. ...