Shiloh Cemetery
SE Pleasant Grove Twp.
Historic Marker Location: Near entrance to cemetery. About 1.5 miles southwest of Campbell
Historic Marker Erected: 01/01/1934 by State of Illinois In Shiloh Cemetery are the graves of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, father and stepmother of Abraham Lincoln. On January 31, 1861, shortly before assuming the Presidency, Lincoln came here from Springfield to visit his father's grave in company of his stepmother.
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Marker information from Illinois State Historical Markers website, http://www.historyillinois.org/