Near Halifax in Halifax County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Minister Who Married Lincoln

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 18, 2010

1. Minister Who Married Lincoln Marker

Inscription. Here lived Rev. Charles A. Dresser, rector of Antrim Parish and builder of St. Mark's Church, 1828. Dresser left this parish in 1835 for Peoria, Illinois, whence he moved to Springfield. There he married Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd, November 4, 1842.

Erected 1929 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number R-80.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1789.

Location. 36° 44.491′ N, 78° 55.352′ W. Marker is near Halifax, Virginia, in Halifax County. It is at the intersection of Halifax Road (U.S. 501) and Greens Folly Road (Virginia Route 654), on the right when traveling north on Halifax Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Halifax VA 24558, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Southside Virginia,

and specifically in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Green's Folly (here, next to this marker); Frank Eubank Booker, Jr. (approx. 1.7 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bench (approx. 1.7 miles away); History of Halifax (approx. 1.7 miles

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away); Halifax County Confederate Monument (approx. 1.7 miles away); Halifax Court House (approx. 1.8 miles away); Halifax County War Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mary M. Bethune High School (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Halifax.

Halifax Rd & Greens Folly Rd image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 18, 2010

2. Halifax Rd & Greens Folly Rd

Rev. Charles Dresser<br>Who Married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

3. Rev. Charles Dresser
Who Married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd

From The Century Magazine Vol. XXXIII, No. 3, January 1887.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,609 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 20, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on November 13, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.