stLouISTNew Book On Lincoln's Ties To Jersey County To Be Released In December
JERSEY COUNTY - A compact history of Abraham Lincoln’s ties to Jersey County is scheduled for release in mid-December. Acclaimed writer Tom Emery of Carlinville is releasing Lincoln and Jersey County, Illinois , which features a wide variety of stories of the sixteenth President and Jersey County, many that have never been covered. Though there is no proof that Lincoln ever appeared in Jersey County, he had plenty of connections to the area. Several friends and associates of Lincoln called Jersey County home, and some of his most noteworthy moments had a Jersey County connection. Among them are the famous “almanac trial,” which is considered one of Lincoln’s finest courtroom moments. The judge on that trial, James Harriott, was a former Jerseyville resident. A brakeman on Lincoln’s funeral train in Illinois was William Porter, a longtime resident of Jerseyville who left valuable recollections of his hours on the train. There’s also the story
