The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-02-12

A great many writer's In the last few
years have written short sketches of
Mr.. Lincoln's birth and early history,
none of which agree in all particu-
lars. For the want of proper informa-
ton many Of these writer's have
JUMPED 81, conclusions. s,s. ~ @
First: ofEall was, the shameful, dam
aging report that Thomas Line DIN and
Nancy Hanks were never married,
They liVedAtn Hardin county, KY.
now Lauetscounty, and were5supp opposed
to have bsent.maIried Sthere: IN osmars
riages license could be found on rec
ord, hence the false report-no mar
rage. 'l' y . + s',-'s', " =.
The article appearing in the Larue
Herald says: 81
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
We're married in Washington county,
KY, came, to Larue from Washington
county, and their oldest child, sallie,
was probably. born there"
So far SO good. 1t also says Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks lived in
Laura county until Abe was about ID
years old"
Frequent mention has been made,
too, in articles or sketches referred to
of Mr.. Lincoln's associates in Larue
county. These could have been true
but for facts in history. Mr.. Lincoln
was born in 1909, and his parents
moved to Indiana in 1916. There was
an uncertainty about Mr. Lincoln's
birthplace, claimed in Larue county,
and on inquiry Of Mr.. Lincoln about
1T he said he was not born at the
place suggested in letter; was told
by his parents it occurred at another
place, and his recollection was of the
Knob Creek place.
An article of recent date about "Lin-
coins Neglected Birthplace" says:
There never would have been any
question about the place If it had not
been for a fact which is perhaps gen.
orally unknown. There is no record
in Hardin county or Larue Of Thomas
Lincoln as land owner"
1t says they claim a document in
the form of a bond for 500 from
Thomas Lincoln for the support of
Nancy, Hanks.
Now the facts are these as related
by Mr.. w. F. Broker and William
Hardesty-Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
hanks were married in Washington
county, KY, June 10, 1906, at the home
OF Richard Berry. Thomas Lincoln
did not realize the Importance this
marriage could be to his son and failed
to impress upon him the date and
place. 1t had been forgotten and the
prominence of Mr.. Lincoln brought it
to the recollection of the few living
when 1t came to be matter of great
moment.
To Mrs. c. H. Vawter of Indianap.
oils, Ind, must belong all the honor
for the finding of the marriage license
of Thos. Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
First she visited an old lady. Mrs.
Lltsey, living near Buchland P. O, and
got statement from her of the mar
riage of Thomas Lincoln to Nancy
Hanks. This was the first statement
ever published in regard to the mar.
riage. Mrs. Vawter, then Miss Char
lotte Hobart, boarding in my fathers
house and teaching school in Wash.
lngton county, continued her plead
ing for a search in the clerks Office
for said license until they were found.
Mrs. Vawter wrote the first article
in vindication of Nancy Hanks when
it was stated she was never married.
Twenty years after this she received
a letter from a lady in Cambridge.
Mass, saying she had done more to
vindicate Nancy Hanks than any one.
In letter to me last fall she SAYS: