Spencer County, Indiana
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Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,810. The county seat is Rockport. Despite not being in the Owensboro Metropolitan Area, th
Spencer County Courthouse in Rockport, Indiana
Nancy Lincoln
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Nancy Lincoln was the mother of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Her marriage to Thomas Lincoln also produced daughter Sarah and son Thomas Jr. In 1816, when Nancy and Thomas had been married for just
Spencer County, Indiana
…to Illinois in 1830. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is located at the site of the Lincoln family farm. In addition, the graves of his mother Nancy Lincoln and sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby are located in Spencer County. On December 16, 1900, two African-American men, Bud Rowland and Jim Henderson, were…
Grave stone of Lincoln
Early home of Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Springfield, Kentucky
Rear of the Lincoln Marriage Temple, which shelters the cabin in which Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks. Built in 1931, it is part of Old Fort Harrod State Park in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
A later rendering of the funeral service of Nancy Lincoln, from Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery (1888/1894/1914) by Noah Brooks.