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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQC_oakland-illinois-community-w-w-i-war-memorial_Oakland-IL.html
Front SectionLucy M. Reeds Red Cross Nurse Overseas
Soldiers OverseasColumn OneGeorge L. Adams · Samuel Adams · Floyd Annin · Harry Annin · Archie Ashmore · Frank Ashmore · Logan W. Blevins, Sergt. &mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNH_gristmill-stone-recovered-from-the-little-embarras-river_Oakland-IL.html
Gristmill Stone Recovered from theLittle Embarras River South of Oaklandabout 1936. Donated to the City of Oaklandby the Curtis Family in memory of Walter A. andGeorgia (Swinford) Curtis. Mill was in use about 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNC_civil-war-memorial_Oakland-IL.html
1861 - - - - 1865In Grateful remembrance of theCivil War Veterans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN9_home-of-dr-hiram-rutherford_Oakland-IL.html
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 M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMZ_the-matson-slave-trial_Oakland-IL.html
Top Section Dr. Hiram Rutherford was a key person involved in Abraham Lincoln's famous slave case, the only instance in his career where Lincoln represented the rights of a slave owner. Robert Matson brought slaves from Kentucky to work his farm …