Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12
ABE LINCOLN's CABIN.
Inc fresident's Boyhood Home, Which h
Helped His Father to Build.
From the Chicago Tribune.

| Helped His Father to Build.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Lincolns cabin is in Chicago and az soon a.
suitable building can be erected the bom
In which Abraham Lincoln passed his boy
mood will be placed therein, together wit,
such relics Of the martyr President as can h,
procured, and exhibited 1t will be one Of N,
permanent attractions of Chicago.
several months ago the existence Of a cabin
| ouii' by Abraham Lincoln and his father be.
came known to party of Chicago gentlemen
and they determined to secure the intercst;no
rene In the latter part of June Mrs. NoraSS
Triuiey was sent to Coles county and visited
the cabin, which was at the time occnn;sd n nd
mad for years been the home of John i, Hall =
relative OF the late President. The Halls wera
weii-to-do and had become attached To tbo
place, SO long their home, but they were nre.
vailed upon to part with it.
hon Inc Gaoih became the property of the Abra-
nam Lincoln Association, comprising George
NJ. bogue, 4. L. Getchell. Willard +. Bloct
Jason ii. Shepard William b. Petit y p
oouthmayd, John Barton Payne. NoraL Grid.
icy and Nelson STEELE. With the pronertv n
aeea 70 the land On which it stood and the one
na.l acre garden OF Grandma Lincoln passed
into the possession of the association Tho
purchasers have secured every link in the cbnin
Oh ute, from the patent of the government Tn
Thomas Lincoln to the deed of conyevanca 20
.ie assocIation. among them is a deed in
;ADraham Lincoln's handwriting and the only
known document in existence to which tb.
JOINT signatures Of Abraham and Mary Lincoln
are attached. -"0o'n
The cabin was built in 1881 and ia cor.
structcd OF oak logs cut by Abraham and his
la.neI IN the ,fiVer bottoms and hauled to the
spot where the cabin was erected II $50
s1ined one room and a loft and is sixteen feet in
.cnsn py eighteen feet in depth and nineteen
ieet nlSh. In 1880 an addition of the same di-
nlenslons was built Of quaking aspen. with n
shall storage room of four feet in width he
tween. making the entire structure thirtv-si,
,ee' IN length. Shortly after building the addi-
tion young Abe left home, but made il a dutv To
ieit MS parents twice a year. walking to the
homestead that he might save the EXPENSE of
livery bulls. Then he would walk six miles from
INC caoln TO the county seat and nav the Interest
On money borrowed from the school funds Inv |
als father to enter his land
MS last visit to the old home WINS in Decem.
per, 1861 after his election to the presidency.
ue cut log; split 1T and carved Lis fathers
l I.a upon the two boards, which he placed at
lhe mead ana foot OF Thomas LincoIii's grave
' - .ns Horton cemetery: These humble monu-
,nt are gone and the resting place of the
sreat PRESIDENTS father is now marked bv a
handsome granite monument II was or tbis
occasion that Ills stepmotlor. TO whom tbra.
lam was devOtedly attached, said: sThev'II kil
'ou, my boy, and won't see you again. She
Inc ground On which The cabin stood will be
Dy neat fence and the spot me.
lotAi1Aeo pya monument. Tho association will
TO preserve the garden, with its
seaith OF sage and hollyhocks, to remind man
Aoo oi Tue humble origin OF a great man. |