Nancy Lincoln

Nancy Hanks Lincoln is best known as the mother of United States President Abraham Lincoln. Her marriage to Thomas Lincoln also produced a daughter, Sarah Lincoln. When Nancy and Thomas had been married for just overyears, the family moved from Kentucky to Spencer County, Indiana. Nancy Lincoln died from milk sickness at the Little Pigeon Creek Community in Spencer County when Abraham was nine years old.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln was born to Lucy Hanks in what was at that time part of Hampshire County, Virginia. Today, the same location is in Antioch in Mineral County, West Virginia. Years after her birth, Abraham Lincolns law partner William Herndon reported that Lincoln told him his maternal grandfather was a wellbred Virginia farmer or planter. According to William E. Barton in the Life of Abraham Lincoln and Michael Burkhimer in 100 Essential Lincoln Books, Nancy was most likely born illegitimate due to the fact that Hanks family created stories in order to lead Abraham to believe he was a legitimate member of the Sparrow family.

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