Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26


fed. In the former s autobiography,
written by himself in 1900 at the ra-
quest of his relatives, no mention is
made of association with the martyred
president However, the younger
Lincoln was nearly IS years old when
he penned the history and it is en-
Girely possible that he inadvertently
left that part of his life's story out.
At any rate, the fact that he was
a cousin of "Old Abe has been
clearly established. Several years
ago. when the one hundredth ami
versary of President Lincoln was
celebrated throughout the country,
Pueblo arranged a celebration of it's
own, and the fact that the only liv-
ing relative of the distinguished
statesman in Colorado, or west of the
Mississippi, was a resident of this
city was featured. "Grandpa" too K
his hon ors modestly, however, as lie
took everything else. He was an ex-
tremely phlegmatic old man.
Eyes, reckon am Abe's cousin, -
he used to say, laughing, "but l ain t
to blame for that, any more than ne
was =
Mr.. Lincoln was born in Chester
county, Pa, Oct. II, 1928. His
fathers name was Azariah Lincoln,
and his mothers Mary Lincoln.
Ten years later the family ''emi-
grated" to Ohio. Today such re-
moval. from one state to another,
would hardly be characterized as an
Emigration - but in those com
paratively primitive times, before
the establishment of the railroad as a
means of common carrier, the journey
was more than mere matter Of hours.
1t took several days, or seven weeks,
; and vast amount of labor. 1--WE
crossed the mountains by team and
settled in Wayne county, the auto
biography says, briefly. -Four
brothers and three sisters accom-.
panied the expedition into the 'fal
west - Therefore, the entire family
numbered ten persons
After four years residence in the
Buckeye state the elder Lincolns de.
cided upon another removal-this
time to Lawrence county, ILL., Ii
Dickinson Lincoln ever met his cousin
in person, it probably was in the
years that followed the entrance into
the land of the suckers.
g But in that DAY Illinois was not
healthy country says the auto
biography; and in 1845 my father
made another move to Platteville,
Grant county, Wisconsin.
1t was there that Lincoln met and
married Elizabeth Key. Two daugh.
tiers and two sons resulted from the
union. of whom there is but one
living at the present time-A braham
D. Lincoln who resides in Pueblo,
and who is over SO years of age. He
was named after the original "Abe, -
by the way.
In 1884 removal was made to Grand
Island: Neb, and four years later an
excursion to the real west, as it ex-
lists today, took them to Oregon. At
the latter place they remained years,
when they came to Pueblo, and have
been here ever since.
Grandpa" Lincoln, as he was
affectionately called, was familiar
figure on the streets of Pueblo. For
several years he kept himself busy
and his mind occupied by canvassing
for the sale of books Probably he
was the Oldest book agent that ever
rang a door bell in Colorado. He
was always welcome. moreover; for
people learned to love the genial,
pleasant faced old man, whose native
love of industry was so ingrained in
his nature that he insisted upon
working, at an age when most persons
are prone to seek the comforts of the
arm chair and fender.
For the greater part of his life Mr..
Lincoln was intensely religious man.
The following extract from the auto
biography expresses this phase of his
life.
After MY father came to Wiscon-
sin, it was like other newly settled
countries; yet we found great many
good people there. AS my father and
mother we're strictly Methodist people
we had a Christian education. In
1849 Rev. A. H. Walters was sent
from Canton. O., as a missionary, to
labor for the NJ. E. church of Platte
Willie. The next year John J. Dyer
was sent to assist Mr.. Walters; and
in the following March there was a
great revival of religion among the
people Ny wife and | can rejoice
when we look back to that memorable
time when we gave our hearts to the
Lord. There are a great many we