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Thomas Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln was born on January 7, 1778, in Rockingham County, Virginia, to Captain Abraham and Bathsheba Lincoln. He was the youngest of three sons and the fourth of five children. The Lincoln family migrated from eastern Vir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5Z_lincoln-cabin_Springfield-KY.html
The Lincoln Cabin is a replica of the log cabin in which the President's grandmother, Bersheba, raised her children.
Thomas Lincoln, father of the President, lived here until he was 25 years old. The cabin is furnished in the pioneer style and …
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The Lincoln Cabin is a replica of the cabin in which President Abraham Lincoln's grandmother Bersheba Lincoln, lived and raised her children after the death of her husband, Abraham.
In the spring of 1786, Abraham and Bersheba Lincoln were livin…
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President Abraham Lincoln's great, great, great, great grandfather, Samuel Lincoln, left England in 1637, settling in Hingham, Massachusetts. The next four generations of Lincolns continued to move south and west — to New Jersey, then Pennsy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV50_the-berry-cabin_Springfield-KY.html
Thomas Lincoln proposed to Nancy Hanks in this house, originally located on Beech Creek about one mile from here. At the time, Nancy was living with her cousin, Francis Berry, and his family.
Lucy Shipley Hanks and her daughter, Nancy, emigrate…
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The Nancy Hanks Memorial was constructed to honor the mother of President Abraham Lincoln. The native limestone memorial was dedicated on June 12, 1935, the 129th anniversary of the marriage between Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
Three young W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4H_lincoln-homestead-state-park_Springfield-KY.html
(obverse)Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the parents of future president Abraham Lincoln, were married near here on June 12, 1806. Shortly after their wedding, the couple moved to Elizabethtown, where their daughter, Sarah, was born. The family ev…
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(side 1)Pioneer Spirit
The westward movement was an enticement felt by many nineteenth century families, and the Lincolns were in the heart of it. A friend of the family was the infamous frontiersman Daniel Boone, and it has been reasoned that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4A_the-inheritance-of-mordecai-lincoln_Springfield-KY.html
Mordecai Lincoln, uncle to President Abraham Lincoln, lived in this house from around 1797 to 1811.
His father, Captain Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather and namesake of the future president, came to Jefferson County, Virginia, in 1782. In May 1…