Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Keyes, who came to Illinois from Virginia, was a tailor in Springfield in 1850 and later a Sangamon County farmer. (Federal Census, Sangamon County, 1850, 1860, 1870; ISJ, May 20, 1888)