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Dubois Tavern

CITY:

Palestine

COUNTY:

Crawford

DEDICATED BY:

The Citizens of Palestine and The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1963 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located in Palestine at 309 South Lincoln.

Here stood the Dubois Tavern. Jesse K. Dubois, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an official in the United States Land Office in Palestine from 1841-1842 and from 1849-1853 and later became Auditor of Public Accounts for Illinois. His son, Fred T. Dubois, became a Senator from Idaho.

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