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William Mentor Graham
 
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By Bill Kirchner, October 3, 2014
Mentor Graham Marker
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1 Illinois, Menard County, Tallula — Mentor Graham1800 - 1886 — Teacher of Abraham Lincoln —
"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 fifty years, Graham died in South Dakota. In 1933 his . . . Map (db m124185) HM
2 Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg — 2441 — William Mentor Graham1800 - 1886
Graham was born & raised in Green Co. He was headmaster of Greensburg Academy, located at this site, from 1818-1823. In 1826, he moved to New Salem, Il. where Abraham Lincoln attended his school learning grammar and arithmetic. They remained close . . . Map (db m124184) HM
3 Kentucky, Green County, Summersville — 719 — Lincoln's Mentor
Three miles west, birthplace of Mentor Graham, 1800-86, “The Man Who Taught Lincoln”. Sixty years a teacher. Green County 1818-26. After Illinois voted down slavery, moved to New Salem, 1826. There, from 1831-37, as tutor and friend, he . . . Map (db m124186) HM
4 South Dakota, Hughes County, Blunt — 1 — Mentor Graham
Mentor Graham the man who taught Abraham Lincoln died in this house on October 4th, 1885Map (db m177385) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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