Born on Sept. 14, 1856, in Edinburgh, Ind., John Mooney Lewis would become a nationwide casket seller. John was raised in Indiana and remained there until his early 20s. According
In the June 9, 1838, Quincy Whig an article boasted about the number of streams and creeks (only in high water), that were navigable providing flatboat access for 60 Illinois
Zoretta Burbank and Albert D. Stowell grew up in Polo, Ogle County, Ill., which is located to the west of Chicago. They each became educators in Illinois and Iowa, and
Albert Cashier’s regiment lost 289 men to battlefield death, wounds and disease. The remaining men were mustered out on Aug. 17, 1865 in Springfield. Within a few days, Cashier had
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Prior to taking office and navigating the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was trying his hand at something a little more unique true crime. More accurately, he wrote a lightly fictionalized account of a case he took while working as a lawyer.
Lincoln, who was said to be an avid fan of Edgar Allan Poe, wrote a story in 1846 he based on a trial he was involved with back in 1841. The case concerned William Trailor, one of three brothers who was charged with the murder of Trailor’s friend Archibald Fisher in Springfield, Illinois. Under duress from police interrogators, Henry Trailor claimed his other two brothers, William and Archibald (not the victim), bashed Fisher over the head and stole his