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William Henry Herndon

Born: 1818, in Greensburg, Kentucky
Died: 1891 in Springfield, Illinois

Pen Name: William H. Herndon

Connection to Illinois: Herndon's family moved to Illinois in 1820. By the spring of 1821 the family was living in Sangamon County. When William was five, the family settled in the German Prairie settlement located five miles northeast of Springfield.

Biography: William Herndon was a law partner and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. He was an early member of the new Republican Party and was elected mayor of Springfield, Illinois.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

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Selected Titles

  ABRAHAM LINCOLN :
ISBN: 133054062X OCLC: 988848138

FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2017.

  ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MISS. ANN RUTLEDGE, NEW SALEM, PIONEERING AND THE POEM :
ISBN: 1331573165 OCLC: 975403692

FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2015.

  HERNDON'S LINCOLN :
ISBN: 1440073368 OCLC: 976235753

FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2015.

  Herndon's Lincoln :
ISBN: 0548494797 OCLC: 701614353

Kessinger Publishing, [Whitefish, MT] : [2010?]

 

 

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