Isaac Funk

Historical marker location:

I-55, Funks Grove, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from Interstate 55 at milepost 149.)

Marker installed: 1990

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.