The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-04-22

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| Lincoln Spring
las Tribute to
| Rockingham LincOIns
! From Harrisonburg, Va, comes the
| following account Of the Lincoln family,
continuation of the Lincoln Family
articles. Within few weeks will APP
pear an account of Mordecai Lincoln
and Abraham Lincoln's soiourn in
Pennsylvania.
The nth anniversary Of the birth OF
Abraham Lincoln, the martyred Presi-
dent, whose father, Thomas Lincoln,
was born in Rockingham and whose
great grandfather, Virginia John"
| Lincoln, and many other Of his kinsman
are buried in this county.
During the past year there has been
some discussion among Rockingham
people Of starting movement to
chang the name Of Lacey Spring to
| 'I,incoln Spring. as a tribute to the
Lincoln family, one of whose sons play
ed and outstanding part in the history OF
America. The suggestion has been
made that petition be circulated
among the patrons of the Lacey Spring
postofice to ascertain whether they will
agree to the change.
LINCOLN SPRING FIRST SUGGESTED
DR. John w. Wayland, Professor of
History at the Harrisonburg state
| Teachers College and who has furnished
several historians with data regarding
| the Rockingham Lincolns, has ascer-
tanned from the Postoffice Department
that Lincoln Spring was origin ally M
end ed as the postoffice name for the
Valley Pike community. 1t seems that
patrons when the Postoffice was estab
llished, were asked to suggest name Lin
coin Spring was suggested, but pos
! tai clerk at Washington read 1t as Lacey
4 Spring and that name was accordingly
given the village. No effort was ever
made to make the correction.
Lacey spring is one Of tbs two sec
ti0ns Of Rocking ham county ndelInly
4Sdontiiied with the Lincoln family
Fhe other s8eti0n il Llnvihe slres si
valley, where Virginia John
Lincoln great grandfather Of the Presl-
dent, migrating from Pennsylvania,
settled, established his family and
where he and many of his family are
buried.
MANY LINcoLNs AT LACEY
Five miles east of Linville Greek
alley is Lacey Spring on the Valley
Pike. Here Jacob Lincoln, son OF
| Virginia John and great uncle of the
President, settled and starred COM
munity. Descendants of Jacob-Lln-
coin still live there, one of them being
DR.. j. II. Lincoln, Rockingham Coun-
| ty Health officer and man who is tall
and built like the President and pos
sessing some of his characteristics. On
the East side of the valley pike, W here
a set of cattle scales are now located and
Overlooking the big spring OF water
gushing from the ground, was the loca-
! ton of the old Lincoln Inn, kept by
David Lincoln before the Civil War
and at which Abraham Lincoln stop
ped overnight in 1910 on his way from
| illinois to Washington, when first elect
ed to Congress. DIR. Lincoln possesses
a letter written by the then Congress
man to his third cousin, David,
shortly after his arrival IN Wash
ington.
On the crown Of another hill two
hundred yards east Of the site OF the
old Tavern site is the old family home
! of Jacob Lincoln. This building IS a
rambling frame structure now in bad
repair and owned by Mrs. Kate Lin
coin Cord on, 8 direct descendant. 1t
| is now unoecupied, and the barn at
/ tacbed to this old Lincoln farm
/ was recently destroyed by fire.
BUY LINCOLN ANTIQUES
Two weeks ago Frank l.. Sublett,
owner of the Old Mill Antique. shop,
at Harrisonburg, dismantled the old
residence Tor it's antiques. The beautl-
fpI old hand-carved mantlepieces, the
massive doors, the odd doorknobs and
the colonial knockers and other bits OF
lantioues were removed. The man
tie pieces were exquisitely hand-carve ed
and DIR. ]. E. Lincoln head of the family
| in Rockingham, expressed the OPINION a
flew DAYS ago that it must have taken
a man six months to hand-carve this
work
The old Lincoln home on Linville
I creek contains another beautiful hand
carved mantelpiece. which some people
-ldeclare is worth 81 900. Miss Penny
hacker, who lives in the other old LIN
lvilIe Creek Lincoln home, owns the old
Lincoln grandfather clock over cen,
ltury old, and which keeps the hour and
minute time. This clock is beautifully
linlaid. Miss Pennybacker also owns
many old pieces Of Lincoln family silver
1.-THE spoons Of which were handbeaten
and are heavy compared with the mod
lern silv erware.
MANY LINcoLN'sI IN ROCKINGHAM.
David Lincoln, keeper of the old Lin
coin Tavern, and third cousin OF the
President, has many descendants living
in Rockingham. Besides DR.. Lincoln