Urbana in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

President Lincoln’s Funeral Train in Urbana

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

1. President Lincoln’s Funeral Train in Urbana Marker

close up, showing text, Side A

Inscription. (Side A)
The nine-car funeral train for President Abraham Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on April 21, 1865. It arrived in Urbana on April 29 at 10:40p.m. Urbana’s citizens erected an arch of evergreens and flowers near the station west of Main Street. A large crowd of mourners received the train. The arch was hastily removed, too narrow to allow the train’s passage. Other memorial gestures included a large cross, entwined with evergreen wreathes. (Continued on other side) (Side B) (Continued from other side) The cross was mounted on the station platform under the direction of the President of Ladies Soldiers Aid Society, Mrs. Milo G. Williams. Forty citizens of different churches sang “Go to Thy Rest”. Ten young ladies entered the funeral car and strewed flowers on Lincoln’s coffin. The train departed, heading west across the Mad River Valley, through Rice, Westville, and up the Blue Hill to St. Paris. On May 3, the train reached Springfield, Illinois; the President’s funeral was May 4.

Erected 2012 by The Ultra-Met Company, Champaign County Bicentennial Historical Marker Committee, The Ohio Historical Society, Champaign County Republican Party-Friends of Urbana. (Marker

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Number 31-11.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1777.

Location. 40° 6.872′ N, 83° 45.13′ W. Marker is in Urbana, Ohio, in Champaign County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 68) and Fyffe Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. Located on the Simon Kenton Trail (old Pennsylvania RR right-of-way), now Ohio Bicycle Route 3, about 150 ft SW of Fyffe Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 641 North Main Street, Urbana OH 43078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hull's Headquarters (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Original Site of Saint Mary Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); War Council of 1812 / Old Grave Yard (approx. 0.3 miles away); 1805 First Marriage (approx. 0.3 miles away); Harmony Lodge No. 8 Free and Accepted Masons (approx. 0.3 miles away); Champaign County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

2. President Lincoln’s Funeral Train in Urbana Marker

close up, showing text; Side B

(approx. 0.4 miles away); Champaign County World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); This tablet mark's the Site of Doolittle's Tavern (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Urbana.

More about this marker. The Urbana marker is the third of four similar markers in Champaign CountyM

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

3. President Lincoln’s Funeral Train in Urbana Marker

full view, Side A

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

4. President Lincoln’s Funeral Train in Urbana Marker

full view of marker; Side B

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

5. President Lincoln’s Funeral Train in Urbana Marker

marker can be seen at a distance. The four marker in this series was published in 2008 by Wm. Fisher, Jr. There may be some confusion due to the series numbers being incorrectly set on the markers, both the Woodstock and the St Paris markers are numbered 24- 11

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,652 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 3, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.