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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.

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

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

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



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