William Mentor Graham (1800 – 1886) was an American teacher best known for tutoring Abraham Lincoln and giving him his higher education during the future President's time in New Salem, Illinois. Graham was born near Greensburg, Kentucky. He died in 1886 in Blunt, South Dakota. References External links Lincoln Lore Mentor Graham house 1800 births 1886 deaths People from Green County, Kentucky 19th-century American educators Abraham Lincoln Educators from Kentucky