. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . 14 LAHAM LINCOLN. that relationship. They took her with them to Mercer county, Kentucky. Theyreared her to womanhood, followed her to Indiana, died of the same disease atabout the same time, and were buried close beside her. Nancy Hanks was a beautiful girl, of pleasing manners and keen was slender and symmetrical, above the ordinary height in stature, and hadthe appearance of one inclined to consumpt
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . 14 LAHAM LINCOLN. that relationship. They took her with them to Mercer county, Kentucky. Theyreared her to womanhood, followed her to Indiana, died of the same disease atabout the same time, and were buried close beside her. Nancy Hanks was a beautiful girl, of pleasing manners and keen was slender and symmetrical, above the ordinary height in stature, and hadthe appearance of one inclined to consumption. She was a brunette, with darkhair, soft hazel eyes, and had a high, intellectual-looking forehead. While in. ROCK SPRING. One of the picturesque and romantic scenes of the Lincoln homestead on Xolins creek, inKentucky, is Rook Spring. In summer especially this is one of the most beautiful spotsimaginable, and to its pleasing scenery is added the practical advantage of a never-failingsupply of the finest quality of limestone water, for which central Kentucky is justly famous. Virginia she attended school and received other advantages which placed her on ahigher intellectual plane than most of those around her. She always wore amarked melancholy expression, which fixed itself upon the memory of every-one who ever saw or knew her, and though her life was seemingly beclouded bya spirit of sadness, she was in disposition amiable and generally cheerful; these iM LINCOLN. 15 traits she transmitted to her son. Her aucestors were probably English, whoemigrated to America in the early days. Under favorable environments shelikely would have become an accomplished and talented woman. Thomas Lincoln and
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