Timeline: 1893
Albert R. Lee graduated from Champaign High School.
Martin McDermot, Jr. resided on N. Popular Street in Champaign. He was the son of the Civil War veteran, Martin McDermot. He ran the fruit stand began by his father in Downtown Champaign.
Samuel Persons of Homer, IL, died on July 12, 1893. Mr. Persons was a corporal in the Indiana 28th U.S.C.T. during the Civil War. He was an important citizen, owning his own barbershop in Homer, IL and was one of the charter members of the G.A.R. post in Homer and was buried in the G.A.R. Cemetery there.
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