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Photographer: Courtesy Vermilion County Illinois Museum
Taken: circa 1925
Caption: Lottie Jones - - "Abraham Lincoln Marker Association"
Additional Description: (This is the only know photo of Lottie Jones.) It was Lottie Jones that was credited for the "Abraham Lincoln Marker Association" and placing all the "Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Circuit Markers" through-out the State of Illinois along the route that Lincoln traveled on the Eighth Circuit.
She was born in 1854 at Covington, Indiana. In 1871 at age 17 she (with her Mother) moved to Danville, Ill. from Covington, Ind. She attended Illinois State Normal University then became a grade school teacher; later became a school Administrator; wrote several books; was an Illinois State wide political leader; was active in a number of organizations [inclusive of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the "Abraham Lincoln Marker Association" founded in 1916]. She died in 1933 and is buried at "Spring Hill Cemetery" in Danville, Illinois.
From its inception and through-out its function, the "Abraham Lincoln Marker Association" and all the Lincoln Eighth Circuit "Markers" were the devoted project of Lottie Jones.
Submitted: November 22, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p44346
File Size: 1.155 Megabytes

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