Abraham Lincoln . ?^?iiiDTTiiirpi SITE OF THOMAS LINCOLNS HOME ON KNOB CREEK. [From a phntogrnph takPii IV the antlior, October, 1891. The well du^ by Tliomas Lincoln is seenin the centre of the picture ] 26 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Gkntrpyilli IdUBOIS -CRAWFORD iLmcoln P+ v^ A. J -5 Kit* ^.S^ pt^ POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE EARLY LIFEOF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. <? ^V. F ^i. \SPEfNCER ^ ^ ^ Through the winter carpenter Lincoln was hewing timber for hisfuture home, which was to be something more than a cabin. Althoughthere would be but one room on the ground, he wo
Abraham Lincoln . ?^?iiiDTTiiirpi SITE OF THOMAS LINCOLNS HOME ON KNOB CREEK. [From a phntogrnph takPii IV the antlior, October, 1891. The well du^ by Tliomas Lincoln is seenin the centre of the picture ] 26 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Gkntrpyilli IdUBOIS -CRAWFORD iLmcoln P+ v^ A. J -5 Kit* ^.S^ pt^ POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE EARLY LIFEOF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. <? ^V. F ^i. \SPEfNCER ^ ^ ^ Through the winter carpenter Lincoln was hewing timber for hisfuture home, which was to be something more than a cabin. Althoughthere would be but one room on the ground, he would build the wallshigh enough for a loft, which would give sleeping accommodations toSarah and Abraham. Built of hewn logs, it would be palatial in com-parison with his former homes. Picture it as we may, we shall not beable to portray the desolateness of the winter passed in the PigeonCreek camp, and the weariness of spirit on the part of one endowed aswas the mother to adorn a palace. We are not to think that ThomasLincoln was idle, nor that he was altogether shiftless. lie was in pov-erty. The family must have food. A home must be built. The grountlmust be cleared for planting corn. There is no evidence that he wasidle. Other settlers, more industrious than he, could not accumulatemuch property in a section of country covered by a dense forest. Manysturdy blows must be given with the axe before he could co
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