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ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S TEACHER

Azel Waters Dorsey, 1784-1858. Teacher of Abraham Lincoln. Is buried on the King Farm one mile south of Huntsville. Dorsey taught a "Blab School" in Spencer County, Indiana which young Lincoln attended for six months in 1824. He moved to Schuyler County, Illinois in 1828 where he taught school.

Erected by the Illinois State Historical Society, 1952.
IL-101 & Huntsville Rd., 1 mile N. of Huntsville, Schuyler County Illinois
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Jim Kuntz: ...
Lower right hand corner missing from marker was the result of pushing snow off the road, the evil blade bit the marker.
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May 31, 2007
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