. 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 Lincoln . his rescue and ministered to a mind diseased. It is due to McNeil (or McNamar) to say that, after Anns death, he returnedwith parents, brother and sister, thus showing his good faith. It may be mentioned here that a year afterward Lincoln began to pay atten-tion to Miss Mary S. Owens, a Kentucky girl, who was making, in 1836, a second 1 \ J^p^m ^^B ^<i^^^^&^jS3H ^^ ^vk*. ^ ^aSf*^ LINCOLNS AX, USED WHILE AT N
. 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 Lincoln . his rescue and ministered to a mind diseased. It is due to McNeil (or McNamar) to say that, after Anns death, he returnedwith parents, brother and sister, thus showing his good faith. It may be mentioned here that a year afterward Lincoln began to pay atten-tion to Miss Mary S. Owens, a Kentucky girl, who was making, in 1836, a second 1 \ J^p^m ^^B ^<i^^^^&^jS3H ^^ ^vk*. ^ ^aSf*^ LINCOLNS AX, USED WHILE AT NEW SALEM. 72 ABRAHAM LINC0L2S. visit to New Salem. She had made some impression on him when she first cameto the town, in 1833. L. M. Greene describes her as follows: She was tall andportly, had large, blue eyes, and the finest trimmings I ever saw. She was jovial,social, loved wit and humor, had a liberal education, and was considered \ of the poets or romance-writers have ever given us a picture of a heroineso beautiful as a good description of Miss Owens in 1836 would be. It seemedthat each was attracted to the other, but it became evident that neither was. GRAVE OF ANN RUTLKDGE. really in love. One of his letters to Miss Owens is a very singular epistle. Itis certainly not very ardent. He, after the fashion of the lawyer, presents thematter very cautiously, and pleads his own cause; then presents her side of thecase, advises her not to do it, and agrees to abide by her decision. MissOwens, like other young women, liked an ardent lover, and although sherespected Lincoln, rejected him. She was afterward married, and became themother of five children. Two sons served in the Confederate army. X LINCOLN AS A LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC SPEAKER. IN 1834, Lincoln, then twenty-five years of age, was again a candidate for theLegislature, and was elected, receiving a larger number of votes than any otherman on either ticket. John T. Stuart, his Black Hawk war comrade,
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