Dubois Tavern - Palestine, IL
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YoSam.
N 39° 00.014 W 087° 36.690
16S E 447049 N 4316980
The man who owned a tavern at this site.
Waymark Code: WM3DV0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2008
Views: 7
County of marker: Crawford County
Location of marker: 309 S. Lincoln St., Palestine
Marker Erected by: The Citizens of Palestine and The Illinois State Historical Society
Date marker erected: 1962
Marker Text:
DUBOIS TAVERN
Here stood the DuBois Tavern. Jesse K. DuBois, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, was an official in the United States Land Office in Palestine from 1841-1842 and from 1849-1853 and later became the Auditor of Public Accounts for Illinois. His son, Fred T. DuBois, became a Senator from Idaho.
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