Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-03
LINcOLN'S ANCESTRY.
The Parsntags Of the Great Eman-
cipator.
DIscREDrTINe WARD LANNON'S BOOK.
Hunting ont the Record to Explode Scan
daI-The Two Marriages Of Lin
coins Father-His First
Wedding.

INDIANAPOLIS, September 2.-J. W. Good
win contributes paper to the Herald OF this
city, in which he says it will be remem-
bered by all who have read Lannon's Life
Of President Lincoln that he labors to cast
reproach upon the parents Of his dead bene-
factor, by more than insinuating that they
were never legally married. Thus he says
that "diligent and through search by the
most competent persons have failed 10 dis
cover any trace of the fact in the public
records of Hardin and the adjoining
counties. The license and minister's re-
turn in the case of Lincoln and Sarah John
son, his second wife, were easily found in
the place where the law required them to
be; but OF
Nancy Hanks Marriagel
there exists no evidence but mutual &C.
knowledgement and cohabitation." In
many other ways and places Mr.. Lamon
slurs the character of Mrs. Lincoln with
vile insnuations. Mr.. HerDdon, too, has
seemed equally willing to cast reproach
parents. Why these men who enjoyed his
favor as long as he lived, should cancel the
obligations which their acceptance OF con-
fidence and patronage at his hands placed
them under, by slandering his father and
mother, and disparaging himself as fair
jdst man is absolutely incomprehensible.
Little Honest search
would have shown them that there was
quite as clear a record OF the honorable
marriage of the Presidents father and
mother as that OF his father and that ex-
cellent woman, Mrs. Johnson, his STEP
mother. The record is complete in both
cases. as got Lay clue 10 the place OF the
marriage OF the parents Of the President
from General ". ID. Manson, of our State,
who was shown the ruins of the cabin
where it took place by venerable citizen
of Kentucky who knew all about it. l
have forgotten his name, but the papers |
furnish you herewith are equally Conclu-
Sive At my request Captain X. f Jeter
furnishes ME tie following data, which Mr..
Lannon's competent persons" should have
found before he "sCrawled that lie The
following is
Copy Of the Bond
given by Thomas Lincoln to indemnify
the clerk If there should be any lawful
cause TO Obstruct the marriage between
him and Nancy Hanks:
Know all men by these presents that we,
Thomas Lincoln and Richard Berry, are
held and firmly bound unto the excellency
the Governor OF Kentucky, in the Just sum
of fifty pounds current money, to the pay
ment of which, well and truly to be made
to the said Governor and his successors, we
bind ourselves, our heirs, etc, jointly and
seyerally firmly by these presents, sealed
with our seals and dated this 10th day Of
June, 1906.
The conditions of the above obligation
are such that, whereas, there is a marriage
shortly intended between the above named
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, for
which q license has been issued; now, if
there be no lawful cause to obstruct the
said marriage, then this obligation to be
void, else to remain IN full force and vir-
tue.
The above bond is properly signed and
witnessed, and verified by w. F. Booker,
the present clerk OF the Washington coun-
" court.
There are Other Evidence. ,
-, ni ;a s;s ss 40 OsrfSssiSy Ss iS ebrated Septem
Der %, lSOG. But Captain Jeter, not con.
tent with the record hunted up and found
an eve and ear witness to the ceremony,
who remembers it well, and gives the fol-
lowing account OF 1t:
CRAR ORCHARD, Ky, August Il, 1888.
My DEAR OLD FRlEND-I have your letter
in regard to the marriage OF Thomas Lin
coin, the fasher OF Abraham Lincoln, to
Nancy Hanks; and answer that was at
the weddine-my remembrance IS IN lSob.
They both lived in Washington county,
Ky.. and were there married by license
from the county court at Springfield, Jesse
Head, a special friend of mine, and Metho'
dist preacher married them. Head was
then a cabinet maker in Springfield, and
afterwards moved to Harrodsburgh, where
ne established a respectable county paper,
and edited it to the day OF his death.
Lincoln and His Bride
were Door but respectable. Nancy Hanks
VAS full OF life and pretty fast, but nothing
in Justice, could he said against her moral
character. Judge Felix Grundy and other
respectable neighbOrs were at the wedding.
This was before the Judge moved to Nash
Vile, Tenn, after which he was Attorney
General of the United States, at Washing
ton and one amongst the most noted men IN
the Cnicn The Lincolns at that time were
vailed the LinklnS. As very few at that
estly date could spell, almost all names
We re Improperly pronounced. Kindly and
sincerely. CHRISTOPHER c. GRAvAM.
Fire Record.
NEv HAVEN. Conn, September "A dis
astrous fire destroyed this afternoon
large brick building - to 30 Artesian
sheet. TIE fire broke out in lumber
ward in the rear of the building. Inc
building, four stories high, was occupied
hy the New Haven Staple Manufacturing
Co. New Haven Manufacturing Co. Strong
Cartridge Co, John ASt, mschiuists tools
and manufacturers supplies, and Chss.
Mason. scroll saving, wood turning, etc.
Loss 100000. Insurance S65,O09. The
fireman OF the Bristol hook and ladder
No. 3, was seriously injured by falling
wall.
Altering stolen Bonds.
New YORK, September 2.-Stephen Ray.
mCnd, alias Steve Marshall, was arrested
Yesterday on charge of forgery, consisting
of the slteration of numbers on the Union
Pacific RailroadCompay's coupons. supposed
to have been portion of bonds and cou-