The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-14
NEWLY DISCOVERED FACTS
ON EARLY LIFE OF LINCOLN

ten negro slaves TO my great grand
father. Christian Carrigcr. Who WAS
Vel 10 do. and did not need them. She
gave all her remaining property 20 her
nephew. William StOvcr Cson OF her
sister. Phoebe Ward and Daniel Stoverl
when poor Abe was 80 very poor aud
needy. Would ~ not lrlve changed the
history OF these United states M Abr-,-
ham Lincoln had only received what
was bcQucafhSf TO William Stovcrg
Perhaps Abraham Lincoln was prcdeS-
tlhed 10 De Door. as was his father be-
fore him. Had he been made tho heir
OF Aunt Mary Lincoln perhaps the illus
IlouS Abraham would not have strug-
GEO m poverty. and would never have
amounted TO "a row OF pins Had
lhomns Lincoln remained in the cnr-
10y OF ms uncle Isaac. how different his
lit would have been"
The name Carrigcr was originally,
sleHed kercher. The CarrIgcrs came
rom fennsy lVania TO Tennessee. Chris
tian Carriger represented Carter conn
~ for II years in The state icsisl,t,,r..
u removed TO Missouri. and died en-
route 70 California. He has numerous
sIahu children now living on the Pacific
tuast. Thomas \. K. Nelson mentioned
IN Mary Lincolns will. was "A brother
~ James White Nelson. who married
Llzahctn CarriEcr.
Related TO Andrew johnson.
Nltiihin StoNcr's son. Col. Dan slower
~ ,li - a daughter Of tho late President
ccNilultW Johnson. and a son of Col pan
nov ii,., N n. Johnson stovcr. who
,,lNcS ma Carter county. Tennossa.
ana fon. Andrew johnson Patterson 90
49,, III tennessee. are the only lfv-
u IIahdsons Of Andrew johnson. Il
N1s nor, az the SfoNer farm that An
gr,M Johnson Will. ON a Visit IN Ms
81 U.'-r' Mrs. Daniel StoVcr. died. JULY
=. Il was also at the Slower form, nh
X was the property OF 49,, - ,t ..,u
i'Sy4h, mat Thomas Lincoln. tie IAN
- "l Abraham Lincoln. worked for T.
Isaac 's farmland Tor his Uncle
tradition says that 90 was herr. m the
bist-.,ii w 'tduga Valley. so rlcp bra
az, mat the young Thomas Lincoln
tiilSt met and woosd the gentie N,D,v
--, NN"NN name was destined fo No.
menr- immortal tt through the achieve
,"t1 OF her illustriouS son. ola ue.-
pc "a that vicinity sun recall tbe ~.
- nat was known as the Tom irrl,f,,
,gfi,, gu faces OF the >Iof whore the
stone fogDi,S ~ l,i remain DOB the way of
r,a{i 's also the tradition in that vicinity
.iaihS ana other members of Tho iTa"I
ldmliN lcft for Kentucky no., 80, 20 10 n =
So. vas ih'n and now known as ia.
SONY creek trail Thomas TIp,.,i,. ,..,
a'..F tanks were married lu K,rfr'i,,.
S'Jn after tho families arrived fS.r. ~
Nc. '.mS little singular Thai IN
10 iYt,re,...'',,i.',,W' Iohnson iu e. way should
NJ t ..t'i woven with tine name ~ Lincoln
nom o.. succeeded as PreSiIsu. ~ ~.
T-i,.' ,NiatrS. When bee married Mi.
INA NJ. ardlc. at GresuXiiI. 49, j,
was squire N0rdee4. rtrlcl, ''.., Ut
~ 'l Abraham Lincoln who t.rf,,',,,.. r
~, emory. Ills daughter Narv ma.
OF isas' .,n St"NtF. the great nephew
r, Historic watausa valley
NOR. 49, u. SPOT "u American soil
was Iere that th, \y-,fa',..,, "a s, .,...l
..' -'l Hp do" first fro. AND ind.r..,.,i
v,,- ''..'.t upon. tng. continent. {.
h"lhered from the valleys -rd Fl.
~ anu Ikht one OF tho decisive, b4tfr..