FIRST -President of Railroad - Vincennes, IN
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N 38° 40.830 W 087° 31.860
16S E 453813 N 4281456
The Ohio & Mississippi Railway became the B&O
Waymark Code: WM107PZ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2019
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County of Marker: Knox County
Location of marker: Busseron St. & 2nd St., Vincennes
Marker Erected by Vincennes Business and Professional Womens Club; Historical and Antiquarian Society.
Marker Text:
ELLIS MANSION
--- *** ---Abner Turner Ellis, a Borough President, Probate Judge, and State Senator, promoted the charter of Ohio & Miss. R.R. (later a part of B&O)and was its first president. His stately home was built by John Moore about 1838. Abraham Lincoln visited this home during Henry Clay's campaign in 1844.
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