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- ↑ "Illinois Statehouse Trivia". www.ilstatehouse.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ↑ "Life of Henry Dement Is Interesting Story". Dixon Evening Telegraph. March 7, 1913. Retrieved September 5, 2014– via Newspapers.com.
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