James K. Magie /Lizzie Magie’s Home

James K. Magie was the owner of the Macomb Daily Journal and a supporter of Abraham Lincoln. He was with Lincoln in his hotel room in the Randolph Hose when the “Freeport Question” was devised and persuaded Lincoln to have his famous ambrotype image taken that in now in the collection of the Library of Congress.

James Magie was also the father of Lizzie Magie who became the inventor of Monopoly.

To learn more about Monopoly and Macomb, visit:

https://www.visitforgottonia.com/macombopoly/

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