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 Home of Dr. Hiram Rutherford Posted by:  Stunod
N 39° 39.241 W 088° 01.634
16S E 411873 N 4389861
Located on Pike Street just north of Illinois Route 133 in Oakland, IL.
Waymark Code: WMPKN
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2006
Views: 47
The text of the sign reads:
HOME OF DR. HIRAM RUTHERFORD
THIS WAS THE HOME OF DR. HIRAM RUTHERFORD, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN 1847 IN A CASE IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN REPRESENTED A SLAVEHOLDER. RUTHERFORD AND GIDEON ASHMORE HARBORED A FAMILY OF SLAVES WHO HAD SOUGHT THEIR HELP. THE SLAVES BELONGED TO ROBERT MATSON, A KENTUCKIAN WHO HAD BROUGHT THEM NORTH TO WORK ON HIS FARM. WHILE THE SLAVES WERE BEING SHELTERED IN ASHMORE'S TAVERN, MATSON OBTAINED A COURT ORDER TO HAVE THE SLAVES JAILED. RUTHERFORD AND ASHMORE SUED OUT A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR THEIR RELEASE. MATSON THEN HIRED LINCOLN. THE CIRCUIT COURT, AFTER A HEARING, FREED THE SLAVES.
ERECTED BY OAKLAND LANDMARKS, INC. AND THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1972
County: Coles
Dedication Date: 1972
Location: Oakland, IL
Website: [Web Link]
Historical Society: Not listed
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