. Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . wereencamped on Scranton Road Hill, andtarget practice was held there-. Medcalf, Nancy Turnham Indiana Lincoln sLife In Indiana Recalled AbesMotherBornFebruary 4, 1774 (Continued from First Page.) my mother, wont you, David?Its a mighty sweet name, theyouth proposed, with an implyinglook toward the mother who wasNancy Emick Turnham. Joyously everyone agreed uponthe name Nancy for the newbaby. Other happy callers of that eve-ning were jubilantly informed byyoung Abe that Dave is going tocall the little girl Nancy—inhonor of my mother and itsmother, David
. Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . wereencamped on Scranton Road Hill, andtarget practice was held there-. Medcalf, Nancy Turnham Indiana Lincoln sLife In Indiana Recalled AbesMotherBornFebruary 4, 1774 (Continued from First Page.) my mother, wont you, David?Its a mighty sweet name, theyouth proposed, with an implyinglook toward the mother who wasNancy Emick Turnham. Joyously everyone agreed uponthe name Nancy for the newbaby. Other happy callers of that eve-ning were jubilantly informed byyoung Abe that Dave is going tocall the little girl Nancy—inhonor of my mother and itsmother, David Turnham after-ward related to his daughter, andshe in turn to her children andgrandchildren. Today, recountingthe incident is a sacred Christmasritual in the homes of Noble Med-calfs sons, when their childrenhear anew the story of how theirgreat-grandmother, Nancy Turn-ham Medcalf, was held in the armsof Abaham Lincoln and was giventhe name of Nancy—in memoryof his angel mother. Abe Played With Nancy. During the next five years be-. Dale ResidentRelates Stories Nancy Turnham Medcalf. fore his departure for Illinois(1830), Lincoln was to play andromp often with little NancyTurnham, and once he devised ateeter-totter for mother, NobleMedcalf says, adding that Grand-father Turnham never recalledAbe as melancholy until he methim again in 1844. He was onlyserious-like when he lived in In- diana, grandfather said, recallsthe Dale, Ind., merchant whosmiles in memory of David Turn-hams love for the name Nancy. Why, even grandpas secondwife was named Nancy—one ofthe Spencer County Jones girls,the octogenarian chuckles. Bill Sought In Legislature. Nancy Turnham Medcalf diedSeptember 26, 1921, age 96. Now folk of this rail-fencedcountryside who have kept greenthe burial place of Lincolnspioheer mother are appealing tothe Indiana General Assembly forthe privilege of visiting the recre-ational grounds of Nancy HanksLincoln Park to pay homage tomotherhood in her name, withouthaving to
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