Excerpt from Thomas Lincoln Family: Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources Participating in the brief ceremonies at the library were Representative Frank Chelf of Lebanon; Ben Simms Haydon, president of the Washington C o u n t y Historical Society; County Court Clerk Earl Camp bell of Springfield, and Dr. L. Quincy Mumford, librarian for the Library of Congress. Two of the documents recall an interesting sidelight in Lin coln's political career. They are the marriage bond and minis ter's certificate of marriage for Lincoln's parents. Lincoln comm e need his search for the originals when his Senate campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1958 gave rise to rumors that the tall Kentuckian was of illegitimate birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Thomas Lincoln Family: Genealogical Lists, Dated; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources By searching the frontier counties for Berry, Mitchell, Hanks Sparrow and related names, it should be possible to establish t he place of residence of Nancy Hanks and her mother which may have been Virginia or some county which was cut up into Tennessee or Kentucky after her birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Thomas Lincoln Family: New England Lincolns; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources Son, Thomas, father of President Lincoln, born (exact date not known J annary most often named as the month.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Benjamin E. Hill (1806-1860) and Cornelia Minor (1816-1857?) were married in 1839. They had five children, 1840-1847.