Colonel Conger House
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N 38° 05.279 W 088° 09.818
16S E 397956 N 4216216
Brief Information about the man who captured John Wilkes Booth.
Waymark Code: WM39DT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Special.Ed
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Marker Erected by: The White County Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society.

Marker Text:
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.

County: White.

Dedication Date: 1965.

Location: 302 W. Main St., Carmi.

Historical Society: Not listed

Website: Not listed
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