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The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln (Classic Reprint)
The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln - Classic Reprint Author:James Henry Lea Excerpt from The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln — In tbc ab: oure and dtficult tad oftbe verification oftbe American Pedigree, tbe writer ba: to tbank e: pecially, among tbc may bind friend: wbo bave aided bim, M r: . Caroline H ant: H itcbcock of Cam bridge, M wbo generoudy placed at bi: di: po: al ber large ms. Collection: on tbc H ane: and Lincol... more »n familie:, Major George Cbri: man of Cbri: man Po: t Ofice, Rockingbam County, wbo: e aid alone made pa:: ible any progre:: in Virginia and to wbom we owe tbc dircovery of tbc H erring connection (beretofore un: u: pected) Gilbert Cope of W e: t Cbe: ter, Penuglvania, wbo: e collec tion: bave been freely drawn upon for all tbc portion of tbc work toucbing Penny/vania and tbe Quakerg M i:: M ary joupbine Roe of Gilbert, Obio (a Lincoln de: cendant) and la: tly, bi: daugbter, France: Trumbull Lea, wbo made a per: onaljourney to tbc Lincoln Country in tbe Sbenandoab Valley of Virginia, during tbe burning beat: of tbc pa: t ummer, in tbe endeavour to elicit fact: wbicb cor re: pondence failed to reveal.
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