Beardstown, Illinois
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Beardstown is a city in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,951 at the 2020 census. The public schools are in Beardstown Community Unit School District 15.
The Beardstown Grand Opera House, a site on the National Register of Historic Places
Duff Armstrong
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William "Duff" Armstrong was an American Union Army soldier and the defendant in an 1858 murder prosecution in which he was defended by Abraham Lincoln, two years before Lincoln was elected President
Beardstown, Illinois
…returns. Time jokingly stated that they should be jailed for fraud and misrepresentation. As of 2006, the Beardstown Ladies were still buying stocks. William "Duff" Armstrong, accused murderer, tried in Beardstown, defended by Abraham Lincoln. Walter Flanigan, co-founder of National Football League, born in Beardstown…
Abraham Lincoln defending young Armstrong