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By Duane Hall, July 31, 2016
William Mentor Graham Marker
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1 ► Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg — 2441 — William Mentor Graham — 1800 - 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 | |||
| 2 ► Illinois, Menard County, Tallula — Mentor Graham — 1800 - 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 | |||