Dubois County was formed on December 20, 1818, from Orange, Pike and Perry counties. It is named for Toussaint Dubois, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Tippecanoe and the War of 1812. Dubois was a merchant who lived mainly in Vincennes. He drowned in 1816 while crossing the Little Wabash River near Lawrenceville, Illinois.In 1818, as many as half of the residents of the county died of milk sickness. There is one view that the mother of Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln died of this disease at that time. It was caused by settlers drinking the milk or eating the meat of cows that had eaten the white snakeroot. It was caused by drinking the milk or eating the meat of cows that had eaten the southern snake root. The plant contains the potent toxin temetrol, which is passed through the milk. The milk contains the potent toxin temetrol, which is passed through the southern snakeroot. The plant contains the potent toxin temetrol, which is passed through the southern snakeroot.
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