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springfield Illinois
1839
springfield Illinois
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield officially became the Illinois state capital in 1839.
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He and Mary purchased a home in Springfield, Illinois about a year and a half after they were married.
Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln purchased a home in Springfield, Illinois a year or two after they married because Lincoln's Law Practice was in Springfield, and Mary's sister lived in Springfield.
1940, in Joliet, Illinois
All military rifles that were made for the U.S. were made at Springfield Amory,which is located at Springfield,Mass.It became a official U.S. arsenal in the year 1872.The first firearms made there were in 1795.This arsenal should not be confused with the Company Springfield Arsenal which is a totally different entity which is located in Geneseo,Illinois.
Springfield has been the capital of the state of Illinois since 1839. The territorial capital of Kaskaskia was also capital for the first year of statehood (1818-1819). The capital was moved to Vandalia from 1819 to 1839. Among those who supported the choice of Springfield was Abraham Lincoln, and he lived there until he was elected President in 1860.
On November 4, 1842, the Lincolns were wed at Mary's sister Elizabeth's home in Springfield, IL.At the home of Mary Todd's sister, Elizabeth Edwards, in Springfield, Illinois.In 1862, Abraham Lincoln married a young 20 year old woman when he was 30. Abraham married Mary Tod from Kentucky and was married in Springfield, Illinois.