Thomas H Lincoln

1778 - 1851  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas H Lincoln
  Birth	6 Jan 1778	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jan 1851	Coles County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Burial	Thomas Lincoln Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I3367	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Abraham Flowers Lincoln,   b. 13 May 1744, Amityville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. May 1786, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Bathsheba Herring,   b. 1746, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 1836, Mill Creek, Union County, Illinois, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1770
  Family ID	F785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Elizabeth Hanks,   b. 5 Feb 1784, Antioch, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA d. 5 Oct 1818, Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1806
  Children	1. Sarah Lincoln,   b. 10 Feb 1807   d. 20 Jan 1828 (Age 20 years) + 2. President Abraham Lincoln,   b. 12 Feb 1809, Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky, USA d. 15 Apr 1865, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 56 years)   3. Thomas Lincoln, Jr,   b. 1812, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, USA d. 1815, Mill Creek Branch, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Bush,   b. 13 Dec 1788, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA d. 12 Dec 1869, Coles County, Illinois, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1819	Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Father of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. The migrations of Thomas were extensive. 1802 found him in Hardin County, Kentucky, where he married Nancy Hanks. That was the birthplace of their three children. In 1816, a move was made to southern Indiana onto a homestead claim where Nancy died and was buried. 1830 saw him on the move again, this time to Macon County, Illinois, with his second wife Sarah. He stayed only one year before moving to Coles County, Illinois. At this point Abraham, experiencing a strained relationship with his father, went out on his own. In terms of education Thomas lacked ambition, and never fully understood Abraham's desire to read and learn. Here Thomas stayed for the rest of his life until his death at age 73. During his life, he was a farmer, a carpenter, and even worked for a time as a guard for county prisoners. After the future President parted company with his father, he did have some contact. By 1841, Thomas owned 120 acres of land, but eventually sold a third of his land to Abraham (now a successful lawyer) to get out of financial difficulty. Abe held on to this land for the purpose of providing a living place for his devoted stepmother in the event of his father's death. In 1848, Thomas again received money from his son to save the rest of the land from a forced sale. Abraham did not attend the funeral of his father, but did visit the grave during a visit with his stepmother, with whom he kept a close relationship until his death. Inscription Father And Step-Mother Of Our Martyred President Their Humble But Worthy Home Gave To The World Abraham Lincoln Erected By The Lions Club Of The State of Illinois Thomas Lincoln Father of Martyred Pres. Born Jan. 6, 1778 Died Jan. 15, 1851

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] Ancestry.com, Website: Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 0). [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8255/thomas-lincoln.