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[1] ALS-P, ISLA. James T. Thornton, a native of Kentucky who moved to Sangamon County in 1833 and later to Putnam County, Illinois.
[2] John H. Widmer, whose name Lincoln also spells ``Widner,'' was admitted to the bar at LaSalle, Illinois, in 1860.