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Colonel Conger House IL367 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
COLONEL CONGER HOUSE
Colonel Everton J. Conger, who commanded the troops capturing Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, built this house in 1871. He practiced law in Carmi, became a Federal Judge in Montana Territory, and later moved to Hawaii where he was an advisor to Queen Liliuokalani. The house was remodeled in 1941.
Erected by the White County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1965.
302 W. Main St., Carmi, White County Illinois
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