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through the church, stealing in at the windows ÜThe pulpit was made by Thomas Lincoln. I cut a small piece therefrom as memento. Passed East about 50 yds into the large grave yard ÜSaw the grave of Sarah Lincoln ÜMrs Grigsby ÜAbe's Sister ÜGod bless her ashes ÜMrs Grigsby & her husband Aaron lie side by side ÜGod bless 'Em. They lie 10 ft South of Nat Grigsby's wife Ü1st & mother. Grave yard Slopes East & North Üis in the forest Üfenced in Üquite a pretty place. Crawfords School House lies East of the church ÜEast of the grave yard about 200 yds.: it is about 2 M from the Lincoln farm S.E: is now Üthe place Enclosed in a ‚eld Ü School house long since rotted away & gone.
I then Started for John Romines ÜSW Ümet Romine in the road meeting us. his age is 60 ys. Says ÜI Saw Mr Lincoln hundreds of times Ühave been in Spencer Co since 1815. Lincoln went to N.O. about '28 or '29 Ühalled some of the bacon to the River Ünot for Lincoln but for Gentry ÜThomas Lincoln was a carpenter by trade Ürelied on it for a living Ünot on farming. Abe didn't like to work it Üdidn't raise more than was Enough for family & stock. Boat Started out of the Ohio in the Spring ÜAbe about 20 years of age ÜStarted from Rockport Üa Short distance below rather Üat the Gentry landing ÜGive about 2
m. Lincoln was attacked by the Negroes Üno doubt of this ÜAbe told me so ÜSaw the scar myself. ÜSuppose at the Wade Hampton farm or near by Üprobably below at a widows farm. Abe was awful lazy: he worked for me Üwas always reading & thinking Üused to get mad at him ÜHe worked for me in 1829 pulling fodder. I Say Abe was awful lazy: he would laugh & talk and crack jokes & tell stories all the time, didn't love work but did dearly love his pay. He worked for me frequently Üa few days only at a time. His breeches didn't & socks didn't meet by 12 inches Ü Shin bones Sharp Ü blue & narrow Lincoln said to me one day that his father taught him to work but never learned him to love it.
Saw old Man Gordons3 Mill Ürather the near ruins of it. This is the Mill where Abe got Kicked by a horse Ühunted for Lincolns name written in tar & black lead & grease on a shaft of the mill Ü couldn't ‚nd it Ü got a cog or two of the mill Ü Romine tells me one verse of the Book of Chronicles Ü it runs thus Ü
Reuben & Charley have married 2 girls Ü
But Billy has married a boy
Billy & Natty agree very well
Mamma is pleased with the match.
The Egg is laid but won't hatch.
LC: HW2345, HW2344, HW2349, HW2347¬48, HW2350¬52; HL: LN2408, 1:140¬46
3. Noah Gordon.
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