. 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 . nments in thisline. He was good-natured and fondof telling jokes, about the only traithe transmitted to his illustrious politics he was a Democrat—aJackson Democrat. In religion he was nothing at times and a member of various denominations by turns. It isbelieved, however, that he died in the faith of a Campbellite. Very little is known of Nancy Hanks, the mother of President Lincoln. Itseems that she was bo
. 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 . nments in thisline. He was good-natured and fondof telling jokes, about the only traithe transmitted to his illustrious politics he was a Democrat—aJackson Democrat. In religion he was nothing at times and a member of various denominations by turns. It isbelieved, however, that he died in the faith of a Campbellite. Very little is known of Nancy Hanks, the mother of President Lincoln. Itseems that she was born in Virginia, in 1783; that her mothers given name wasLucy, and after she married Henry Sparrow the child did not remain long underher stepfathers roof, but went to live with her Aunt Betsey, who had marriedThomas Sparrow. They had no children of their own. Besides Nancy, theytook to raise her cousin, Dennis Hanks. Little Nancy became so identified withThomas and Betsy Sparrow that a great many supposed that she was their child,and she was called Nancy Sparrow by her playmates. They were the onlyparents she ever knew, and she must have called them by names appropriate to. A CUPBOAED MADE BY THOMAS LINCOLN. 14 ABKAHAM LINCOLlSr. 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
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