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Gustav Wendlandt

Posted on July 31, 2018 by editor

Dr. Gustav Wendlandt, a German-born physician, lived in the Lincoln Home from 1879 to 1883. See The Lincoln Home After the Lincolns.

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Jacob Akard (Lincoln Home)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by editor

Jacob Akard, a butcher, brick mason and sewing machine salesman, rented the Lincoln Home from 1877 to 1879. He may have converted it to a boarding house. See The Lincoln Home After the Lincolns.

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George Harlow (Lincoln Home)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by editor

George Harlow, Illinois secretary of state from 1873 to 1881, and his family rented Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s former home from 1869 to 1877. See The Lincoln Home After the Lincolns.

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Julian Tilton (Lincoln Home)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by editor

Julian Tilton, president of the Great Western Railroad, rented Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s home when the Lincolns moved to Washington, D.C. See The Lincoln Home After the Lincolns.

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Osborn Oldroyd, Lincoln collector

Posted on July 31, 2018 by editor

Osborn H. Oldroyd displayed his extensive collection of Lincoln memorabilia in the Lincoln Home from 1883 to 1893. He and his family lived upstairs. See The Lincoln Home After the Lincolns.

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The Lincoln Home after the Lincolns (1861-1953)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by editor

For nearly a century after Abraham and Mary Lincoln left it, other people lived in and managed their former home at Eighth and Jackson streets. Among the eclectic group were a railroad executive, a couple of politicians, a physician, an … Continue reading →

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Lincoln Ordnance Depot (WWII)

Posted on July 18, 2018 by editor

Lincoln Ordnance Depot south of Springfield was one of four major military supply facilities in Sangamon County during World War II. See Army Air Force depot, Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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Army Air Force depot, Illinois State Fairgrounds (WWII)

Posted on July 18, 2018 by editor

Livestock moved out of the Illinois State Fairgrounds with the start of World War II, and soldiers moved in. The U.S. Army Air Force took over the fairgrounds in March 1942 and operated a supply depot and training facility there … Continue reading →

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First African-American juror in Sangamon County

Posted on July 13, 2018 by editor

The first black person to serve on a jury in Sangamon County may have been Thomas Flynn, a barber, on March 18, 1873. Flynn wasn’t the first African-American called to jury service in the county, but an earlier attempt – … Continue reading →

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Record-setting heat wave, 1936

Posted on July 8, 2018 by editor

The worst heat wave ever in Sangamon County – 12 straight days when temperatures reached 100 degrees or more – killed 33 people in July 1936. The stretch of torrid weather began on the Fourth of July and continued through … Continue reading →

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