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Mentor Graham, 1800-1886: Teacher of Abraham Lincoln

CITY:

Lake Petersburg

COUNTY:

Menard

DEDICATED BY:

The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1955 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located two miles south of Petersburg on the east side of IL Rt. 97 at the entrance of Farmers Point Cemetery.

“I think I may say that he was my scholar and I was his teacher.” At New Salem, Lincoln read Graham’s books and in 1833 studied grammar and surveying. Teacher in Kentucky and Illinois more than 50 years, Graham died in South Dakota. In 1933 his remains were removed here.

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