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Home of John & Mary Logan, 1856-1861 IL97 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
HOME OF JOHN & MARY LOGAN
1856-1861
John A. Logan 1826-1886, U.S. Representative 1859-1862, 1867-1871. Civil War General, 1861-1865, U.S. Senator, 1871-1877, 1879-1886; Vice presidential Candidate with James Blaine 1884. He established Memorial Day as a National holiday on 1868.
John A. Logan and Mary Cunningham were married in Shawneetown on November 27, 1855, and then moved to Benton where John practiced law. They lived in a small frame house on this site. Mary moved to Carbondale in 1861 where she remained during the Civil War.
Erected by the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1989.
204 S. Main St., Benton, Franklin County Illinois
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