William Mentor Graham (1800 – 1886) was an American teacher best known for tutoring

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

and giving him his higher education during the future President's time in New Salem, Illinois. Graham was born near Greensburg, Kentucky. He died in 1886 in

Blunt, South Dakota Blunt is a city in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States. It is part of the Pierre, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 342 at the 2020 census. History Blunt was named for John E. Blunt, a railroad official. Blun ...

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* 1800 births 1886 deaths People from Green County, Kentucky 19th-century American educators Abraham Lincoln Educators from Kentucky {{US-edu-bio-stub