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Colonel Conger House

CITY:

Carmi

COUNTY:

White

DEDICATED BY:

White County Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 5, 1966 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located in Carmi, at 302 West Main Street, which is on the northwest side of the street.

Colonel Everton J. Conger, who commanded the troops capturing Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, built this house in 1871. He practiced law in Carmi, became a Federal Judge in Montana Territory, and later moved to Hawaii where he was an advisor to Queen Liliuokalani. The house was remodeled in 1841.

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