Thomas Carlin ~ Carrollton, IL - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

County of Statue: Greene County.
Location of Statue: 5th St. & Main St., Carrollton.
Sculptor: Victor Sophus Joachim Holm (1876-1935)
Contractor: Springfield Granite Company
Statue Dedicated: July 4, 1917.
Statue Description: Thomas Carlin, standing and wearing a long, heavy cloak. His proper right arm is raised shoulder level, his hand open and out to the proper right side. His proper left hand is to his side and is holding his top hat and a cane. He steps forward with his proper left foot. Carved in relief on the base, below the plaque, is an eagle.
Plaque Text:

THOMAS CARLIN
1789 ~ 1852
SIXTH-GOVERNOR-OF-ILLINOIS
1838 ~ 1842
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THIS-MONUMENT-IS
ERECTED-BY-THE-STATE
OF-ILLINOIS-IN-GRATE-
FUL-REMEMBRANCE-OF
DISTINGUISHED-SERVICES.

ISHA Marker Text:

THOMAS CARLIN Thomas Carlin, sixth Governor of Illinois (1838-1842), was an early settler of Illinois and a prominent figure in organizing Greene County and establishing Carrollton as its county seat.
Born in Kentucky in 1789, Carlin came to the Illinois Territory and served in the War of 1812. He settled on farm land, part of which is now Carrollton.
He served as the county's first sheriff (1821), as a captain in the Black Hawk War Militia (1832), as a senator (1825-33), and as a land office receiver (1834).
He died in 1852 and is buried in the Carrollton City Cemetery.

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