Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08

these states
The Lincoln Farm Association. under
the auspices Of which the work of
erecting the. memorial has been done,
10 composed OF some of the most promi-
nent men in the country. The presi-
| dent is former Governor Joseph w.
Folk Of Missouri. The other officers
| are Clarence H. Mackey, treasurer:
| Charles r. Miner. assistant treasurer;
/ Richard NJ. Jones, secretary; and Rob-
ert J. Collier. chairman Of the execu-
tive committee.
Board Of Distinguished mon.
The members Of the board Of trustees
are President Taft. Cardinal Gibbons
Gen. Horace !, Porter, Joseph Choate,
e. Wilson Of Kentucky,y y Supreme
Court Justice Charles e. Hughes. Ly-
man ]. Gage. Miss ida Tarbell. Col
Henry Watterson. August Belmont,
Jenkin Lloyd Jones. William Jennings
Bryan. Charles A. Towne. Thomas
Hastings. Samuel Gompdrs, Norman
Hapgood. William Travers Jerome
Robert J. Collier. Albert Shaw and
Charles e. Miner.
The late Mark Twain was a men,
Der of the board. as was the late Ed
| ward NJ. shepard
The memorial building stands on q
little hill,:s at the foot Of which is the
spring which attracted Thomas Linz
coin and, Nancy Hanks. Lincoln's
father and mother, and caused them
to settle there. It was on the site of
! the present building that the newly
welded pair built a crude cabin of
rough. unhewn logs in the center of
the 10 acres of poor land. This cabin
was just like the other cabins on the;
frontier at that time. It had only one
room. with small loft, q big outside
chimney and huge fireplace. roueh
door which swung on leather hinges
and, when they moved into 1t. not
single window. -
Set Aside Two Ysars Ago.
The farm and the old cabin were not
set aside to form patriotic shrine
until the centenary of the birth OF tho
great emancipator two years ago. On
that day prominent men and women
from all over the land. made pill
erimage to the little place near Hodg-
enville. With patriotic addresses the
Lincoln Farm Association took over
the place and began the work Of rails
ing the funds with which to erect tho
proper memorial. Until the association
took it over the title OF the farm mao
only changed twice previously. 1t had
taken Robert J. Collier four years to
clear Lincoln's birthplace OF all legai
entanglements and litigation.
About Ave years after Aoraham
Lincoln was born his father sold the
farm to neighbor named Creal whose
family kept it for nearly seventy years.
Then it was bought by A. A. bennett.
Of New York. with the purpose OF
turning it into some sort Of national
park. -
While the farm was In possession OF
the Creal family. the Sold cabin In
which Lincoln was born was carted to
the Davenport farm, mile and q half
nearer ,Hodgsnytlte VI The Davenports
used it q 4 spring house. But the
owner saye Il to- Mr.. Dennett4and It
Vas placedls ot,y itss otiginal site lns1ss5.
Cabin. Exhibited % naiss Funds.
ME-. Dennetts religious proclivittes
led him to turn over the farm to tho
Rev ]. w. Bingham, Methodist evan
selist from Florida. whose purpose 1t
was to make the farm a place for sum
mer camp meetings. He was disuadsa
from doing this but took the old cabin
to pieces and, setting 1t up again. ex-
h,bited it all, over. the country to get
~ lu upo1i0-