County: Coles
Location: The marker is located at the
entrance to Shiloh Cemetery, which is on the east Lincoln
Highway (County Road 80). The marker is just west of the
Church, about 1.5 miles southwest of Campbell and 1.5 miles
northwest of Lincoln Log Cabin State Park .
N 39o 23.247
W 088o 14.201
Erected: 01/01/1934 Erected by: State of Illinois
In Shiloh Cemetery are the graves of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, father and stepmother of Abraham Lincoln. On January 31, 1861, shortly before assuming the Presidency, Lincoln came here from Springfield to visit his father's grave in company of his stepmother.
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