County: Schuyler
Location: The marker is located on the
northeast corner of the intersection of IL 101 and
Huntsville Road, two miles above Huntsville and just east of
Weinberg King State Park. The marker is halfway
between Brooklyn and Augusta.
N 40o 13.512
W 090o 51.624
Erected: 01/01/1952 Erected by: The Illinois State Historical Society
Azel Waters Dorsey, 1784-1858, teacher of Abraham Lincoln, is buried on the King farm one mile south of Huntsville. Dorsey taught a 'blab School' in Spencer County, Indiana, which young Lincoln attended for six months in 1824. He moved to Schuyler County, Illinois, in 1828 where he taught school.
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