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Evansville (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
dutiful son to me always, and we took particular care when he was reading not to disturb him — would let him read on and on till he quit of his own accord. --Mrs. Thomas Lincoln, Sept. 8, 1865. and hence the frequent drafts he made on the son to aid in the drudgery of daily toil. He undertook to teach him his own trade A little walnut cabinet, two feet high, and containing two rows of neat drawers, now in the possession of Captain J. W. Wartmann, clerk of the United States Court in Evansville, Ind., is carefully preserved as a specimen of the joint work of Lincoln and his father at this time.--J. W. W.-the was a carpenter and joiner — but Abe manifested such a striking want of interest that the effort to make a carpenter of him was soon abandoned. At Dorsey's school Abe was ten years old; at the next one, Andrew Crawford's he was about fourteen; and at Swaney's he was in his seventeenth year. The last school required a walk of over four miles, and on account of the distance h
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 3
e made on the son to aid in the drudgery of daily toil. He undertook to teach him his own trade A little walnut cabinet, two feet high, and containing two rows of neat drawers, now in the possession of Captain J. W. Wartmann, clerk of the United States Court in Evansville, Ind., is carefully preserved as a specimen of the joint work of Lincoln and his father at this time.--J. W. W.-the was a carpenter and joiner — but Abe manifested such a striking want of interest that the effort to make a at that early day Abe was a patient reader of a Louisville newspaper, which some one at Gentryville kindly furnished him. Among the books he read-were the Bible, Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, a History of the United States, and Weems' Life of Washington. A little circumstance attended the reading of the last-named book, which only within recent years found its way into public print. The book was borrowed from a close-fisted neighbor, Josiah Crawford, and one
Gentryville (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
s, but where he could have learned so much, or how to put it so plainly, I never could understand. Absalom Roby is authority for the statement that even at that early day Abe was a patient reader of a Louisville newspaper, which some one at Gentryville kindly furnished him. Among the books he read-were the Bible, Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe, Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, a History of the United States, and Weems' Life of Washington. A little circumstance attended the reading of the last filled with his letters and ciphers he would erase them and being anew. Thus it was always; and the boy whom dull old Thomas Lincoln and rustic John Romine conceived to be lazy was in reality the most tireless worker in all the region around Gentryville. His stepmother told me he devoured everything in the book line within his reach. If in his reading he came across anything that pleased his fancy, he entered it down in a copy-book — a sort of repository, in which he was wont to store every
New Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Good boys who to their books apply will all be great men by and by. To comprehend Mr. Lincoln fully we must know in substance not only the facts of his origin, but also the manner of his development. It will always be a matter of wonder to the American people, I have no doubt — as it has been to methat from such restricted and unpromising opportunities in early life, Mr. Lincoln grew into the great man he was. The foundation for his education was laid in Indiana and in the little town of New Salem in Illinois, and in both places he gave evidence of a nature and characteristics that distinguished him from every associate and surrounding he had. He was not peculiar or eccentric, and yet a shrewd observer would have seen that he was decidedly unique and original. Although imbued with a marked dislike for manual labor, it cannot be truthfully said of him that he was indolent. From a mental standpoint he was one of the most energetic young men of his day. He dwelt altogether in the lan
Knob Creek (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
ence in Kentucky, relates how he and Abe on one occasion ran a ground-hog into a crevice between two rocks, and after working vainly almost two hours to get him out, Abe ran off about a quarter of a mile to a blacksmith shop, and returned with an iron hook fastened to the end of a pole, and with this rude contrivance they virtually hooked the animal out of his retreat. Austin Gollaher of Hodgensville, claims to have saved Lincoln from drowning one day as they were trying to coon it across Knob creek on a log. The boys were in pursuit of birds, when young Lincoln fell into the water, and his vigilant companion, who still survives to narrate the thrilling story, fished him out with a sycamore branch. Meanwhile Thomas Lincoln was becoming daily more dissatisfied with his situation and surroundings. He had purchased, since his marriage, on the easy terms then prevalent, two farms or tracts of land in succession; but none was easy enough for him, and the land, when the time for the pa
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
aher. dissatisfaction of Thomas Lincoln with Kentucky. the removal to Indiana. the half-faced camaccompanied her to school while they lived in Kentucky, but as he was only seven, and as she had notife during those seven years of residence in Kentucky. One man, John B. Helm, June 20, 1865. who afterwards a preacher of some prominence in Kentucky, relates how he and Abe on one occasion ran arolled around, reverted to its former owner. Kentucky, at that day, afforded few if any privileges, by sentimental writers, that his father left Kentucky to avoid the sight of or contact with slaverycured a place for his home he trudged back to Kentucky--walking all the way — for his family. Two herant preacher whom Mrs. Lincoln had known in Kentucky, happened into the settlement, and in respons his first wife a year until he reappeared in Kentucky at Elizabethtown in search of another. His aw weeks of schooling under Riney and Hazel in Kentucky, but it is hardly probable that he could read[1 more...]
Charleston, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
ot want to see him elected. I was afraid that something would happen to him, and when he came down to see me, after he was elected President, I still felt, and my heart told me, that something would befall Abe, and that I should never see him again. Abe and his father are in heaven now, I am sure, and I expect soon to go there and meet them. and spent an entire day with her. She was then living on the farm her stepson had purchased and given her, eight miles south of the town of Charleston, in Illinois. She died on the 10th of April, 1869. The two sets of children in the Lincoln household — to their credit be it said — lived together in perfect accord. Abe was in his tenth year, and his stepmother, awake to the importance of an education, made a way for him to attend school. To her he seemed full of promise; and although not so quick of comprehension as other boys, yet she believed in encouraging his every effort. He had had a few weeks of schooling under Riney and Hazel i
Little Pigeon Creek (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
place for his home he trudged back to Kentucky--walking all the way — for his family. Two horses brought them and all their household effects to the Indiana shore. Posey kindly gave or hired them the use of a wagon, into which they packed not only their furniture and carpenter tools, but the liquor, which it is presumed had lain undisturbed in the former's cellar. Slowly and carefully picking their way through the dense woods, they at last reached their destination on the banks of Little Pigeon creek. There were some detentions on the way, but no serious mishaps. The head of the household now set resolutely to work to build a shelter for his family. The structure, when completed, was fourteen feet square, and was built of small unhewn logs. In the language of the day, it was called a half-faced camp, being enclosed on all sides but one. It had neither floor, door, nor windows. In this forbidding hovel these doughty emigrants braved the exposure of the varying seasons
Spencer (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
k-set, had dark-brown hair, deep-gray eyes, and an even disposition. In contact with others she was kind and considerate. Her nature was one of amiability, and God had endowed her with that invincible combination — modesty and good sense. Strange to say, Mr. Lincoln never said much about his sister in after years, and we are really indebted to the Hankses — Dennis and Johnfor the little we have learned about this rather unfortunate young woman. She was married to Aaron Grigsby, in Spencer county, Indiana, in the month of August, 1826, and died January 20, 1828. Her brother accompanied her to school while they lived in Kentucky, but as he was only seven, and as she had not yet finished her ninth year when their father removed with them to Indiana, it is to be presumed that neither made much progress in the matter of school education. Still it is authoritatively stated that they attended two schools during this short period. One of these was kept by Zachariah Riney, the other by C
Perry (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
river, but his rudely-made vessel, either from the want of experience in its navigator, or because of its ill adaptation to withstand the force and caprices of the currents in the great river, capsized one day, and boat and cargo went to the bottom. The luckless boatman set to work however, and by dint of great patience and labor succeeded in recovering the tools and the bulk of the whiskey. Righting his boat, he continued down the river, landing at a point called Thompson's Ferry, in Perry county, on the Indiana side. Here he disposed of his vessel, and placing his goods in the care of a settler named Posey, he struck out through the interior in search of a location for his new home. Sixteen miles back from the river he found one that pleased his fancy, and he marked it off for himself. His next move in the order of business was a journey to Vincennes to purchase the tract at the Land Office--under the two-dollar-an-acre law, as Dennis Hanks puts it -and a return to the land to
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