2 Quotes & Sayings By John Tallmadge
John Tallmadge was born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1838. His family moved to Litchfield, Illinois when he was seven years old. Tallmadge attended school at Litchfield’s public schoolhouse
He graduated from high school at the age of fifteen and worked as a teacher at the public schools for two years. At age eighteen, John Tallmadge left school to go to work as a clerk in the office of General John A. Logan, who was then serving as governor of Illinois.