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4 unusual facts about Lemuel Milk


Lemuel Milk

Born in New York, Milk came to Illinois after purchasing a large tract of land in Iroquois County.

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In 1868, he opened a general store in Chebanse, Illinois, which he oversaw until selling his interest in 1883.

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Lemuel Milk was an early settler to Eastern Illinois and, at one point, the largest landholder in the state.

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In 1850, during one of these trips, Howard identified a prime tract of land in Iroquois County, Illinois.



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