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    Abingdon is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States, 50 miles (80 km) west of Peoria. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area...
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  • 1558–1983 Abingdon railway station (closed) Abingdon, Iowa Abingdon, Illinois Abingdon, Maryland Abingdon, Virginia Abingdon (plantation), Virginia Abingdon Downs...
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    Robert Hugo Dunlap (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    Jima in World War II. Dunlap was born in Abingdon, Illinois, on October 19, 1920. He went to school in Abingdon and graduated from high school in 1938....
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    James Stockdale (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    election, on Ross Perot's independent ticket. Stockdale was born in Abingdon, Illinois, on December 23, 1923, the son of Vernon Beard Stockdale (1888–1964)...
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  • Abingdon High School may refer to: Abingdon-Avon High School, in Abingdon, Illinois, US Abingdon High School (Virginia), in Abingdon, Virginia, US Abingdon...
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    Abingdon-on-Thames (/ˈæbɪŋdən/ AB-ing-dən), commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the...
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  • following is a list of colleges and universities in Illinois. Abingdon College (1853–1888), in Abingdon, merged with Eureka College in 1885, campus closed...
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  • Kayleigh McKee (category Actresses from Illinois)
    Macomb, Illinois, on January 14, 1994. She grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, and graduated from Abingdon High School in nearby Abingdon, Illinois. McKee's...
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  • Abingdon College was a college in Abingdon, Illinois. It opened in 1853 and was consolidated with Eureka College in the 1880s. Abingdon College was founded...
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    had sold his interest in the Animal Trap Company of Abingdon, Illinois, and founded the new Abingdon Trap Company in 1899, the Animal Trap Company moved...
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  • Abingdon-Avon High School, or AAHS, is a public four-year high school located in Abingdon, Illinois. AAHS is part of Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School...
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    mounted on a wooden base, was first patented by William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Illinois, in 1894. Trapping is carried out for a variety of reasons. Originally...
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    Guy U. Hardy (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    opportunities. Born in Abingdon, Illinois, Hardy had two brothers. He attended the public schools, Albion Normal College in Albion, Illinois, and Transylvania...
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    Joseph Stayman (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    residence in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Several years later he moved to Abingdon, Illinois, where he practiced medicine. In 1858, he purchased a nursery business...
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  • area within Mansfield Township Hedding College, a former college in Abingdon, Illinois Elijah Hedding (1780–1852), American bishop Malcolm Hedding (born...
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    Robert O. Bisson (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    Bisson was born in Abingdon, Illinois, on 8 September 1908. He graduated from high school in 1927 and attended the University of Illinois for one year prior...
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  • Tiny Ward (category Actors from Illinois)
    Lon Chaney. He was born on January 2, 1893, in Indian Point near Abingdon, Illinois the son of Roscoe E. Ward (1855-1925).[citation needed] He was exceptionally...
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  • Mount Sterling, Illinois – $15,755 Kewanee, Illinois – $15,746 Harvel, Illinois – $15,740 South Pekin, Illinois – $15,717 Abingdon, Illinois – $15,711 Rock...
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  • using a modified Branly coherer. November 6 – William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Illinois is granted a United States patent for a spring-loaded mousetrap. Construction...
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    George Latimer Bates (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    George Griswold Latimer Bates (March 21, 1863, Abingdon, Illinois US – January 31, 1940 Chelmsford UK), LL.D., M.B.O.U. was an American naturalist. He...
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  • Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-8108-6377-4. Born in Hinckley, Illinois, he grew up in Abingdon, Illinois, and received his B.M. degree from Knox College and his...
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    Elmwood, Illinois. A second strong tornado formed shortly after the Elmwood, Illinois tornado in Putnam County just west of Henry, Illinois. The tornado...
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  • – Memphis, Tennessee June 1932 – Washington, D.C. July 1934 – Chicago, Illinois June 11 to 19, 1936 – St. Louis, Missouri June 16 to 19, 1938 – Columbus...
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  • Allan Arthur Willman (category People from Abingdon, Illinois)
    the Grand Teton Music Festival in 1962. Born in Hinckley, Illinois, Willman grew up in Abingdon. Willman earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Knox College...
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    Jesse B. Strode (category People from Fulton County, Illinois)
    He was born in Fulton County, Illinois on February 18, 1845, and graduated from Abingdon College in Abingdon, Illinois (which was later consolidated with...
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    Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to the 2020 United States census Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12...
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  • Stygobromus lucifugus (category Endemic fauna of Illinois)
    described by Oliver Perry Hay who found it living in a well near Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois, United States, and it was endemic to that state. World Conservation...
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    Charley Reynolds (category People from Warren County, Illinois)
    born in Stephensburg, Kentucky. His family moved to Abingdon, Illinois, and he attended Abingdon College for 3 years. He was the son of a physician and...
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    rodents. The first mouse trap was invented by William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Illinois, exactly three years before James Henry Atkinson developed a prototype...
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  • as Avon School District 4-1 Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276, a public school district in Abingdon, Illinois Avon Public Schools, a public...
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