The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-08

The right wing of that army pushed
across the Alleghanies and Ohio. The
left wing spread over northern Mary
land and poured across the Potomac ano
on thru.the Shenandoah valley Abra-
ham Lincoln's family belonged to the
left wing of the immigrant army. His
family drifted from Lancaster county
Pa, to Rockingham county, Va. Only
one member of this family remained il
Rockingham county while the other
members of the family followed the
sotithern-most drift in Kentucky.
Some members Of that family removed
to that state, while others removed into
Missouri. while still others turned north
into Indiana and Illinois. A braham Lin
coin was direct descendant of the
Pennsylvania Pilgrims. He, as well as
his ancestors, all along the line, whether
they went north or whether they went
south of the Mason & Dixon lines, lived
among people who were more or less
adverse to slavery.
Someone has said, SHOW me great
man ard win show you a great MOTHER
It is likely that Nancy Hanks was a
Rockingham product. Hanks are found
with early records Of Rockingham coun-
ty and we also find some Of these Rock
inghans in Kentucky. They with the
Lincolns followed the south west drift
into Kentucky.
find marriage bond in Rocking
ham County where John Hanks enter
ed into bond to marry Annie Runnion
in 1900 These people lived in the same
section of the County where the Lin
coins lived / wonder If Annie is not
Nancy Hanks. Probably her husband
died and she married Thomas Lincoln
and became the mother of the President
John Hank signed the bond in German.
The clerk wrote his name on the bond
Hawk"
Mr. Strickler Explains.
Mr.. Strickler. in writing us, says in
answering queries:
Barton's life gives a copy Of the mar
rage bond of Thomas Lincoln. Strange
to say that the earliest historians did not
find this record. The marriage took
place in another county and they did not
look there for it. Barton does not think
that the Lineolns were Quakers but
your evidence seems to be pretty clear
on the point. John Lincoln may not
have been. But that happened with
nearly every Quaker family, many
would nor subscribe to the severe rules,
did not join any church, or united with
some other Protestant church. So we see
them uniting with the Baptist church in
Virginia. Many of the early Mennonites
united with the Baptist church in Va
The Presbyterians thought bis great
grandfather was Quaker
Lincoln was spelled L-i-n-c-o-l-n in
Virginia. But find one instance at,
least where ii was spelled Linkhorn. y
found on an old paper in the Clerks
Office the name Linkhorn. It looked
like a memorandum placed there by
some one. Across the top Of the paper
was 'Linkhorn" then at another place
was ''Linkhorn & Matthews This was
on the back of the paper and not in the
body Of the instrument with which it
had nothing to do with Lincoln. have
heard the name pronounced Linkhorn
with the accent on the Link, and if the
person pronouncing it was real hot
headed Johnny Reb he might place the
accent on the horn, emphasizing that
part of it, But / have not seen the
name signed in Virginia in any way ex-
cept Lincoln. "Old Abe I,inkhorn" was
no doubt often heard in the south dur
ing the war.