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Governor Augustus C. French

CITY:

Palestine

COUNTY:

Crawford

DEDICATED BY:

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 the intersection of South Pike and Grand Prairie Streets.

On this site stood the home of Augustus C. French (1808-1864) when he was elected the ninth Governor of Illinois. The early settlers in Illinois came mostly from southern states so that French, a native of New Hampshire, was the first “Yankee” to be elected Governor.

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