Gov. Augustus C. French - Palestine, IL
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N 39° 00.118 W 087° 36.845
16S E 446826 N 4317174
Home site of a former Governor, first "Yankee" to be elected Governor in a Southerner sympathetic area.
Waymark Code: WM3E9X
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2008
Views: 12
County of marker: Crawford County
Location of marker: S. Pike St. & Grand Prairie St., Palestine
Marker Erected by: The Citizens of Palestine and The Illinois State Historical Society
Date marker erected: 1962
Marker Text:
GOV. AUGUSTUS C. FRENCH
On this site stood the home of Augustus C. French (1808-1864) when he was elected the ninth Governor of Illinois. The early settlers in Illinois came mostly from southern states so that French, a native of New Hampshire, was the first "Yankee" to be elected Governor.
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