Who is this person?

[Donna McCreary]

Lincoln took the grain to Gordon's grist mill. When the horse kicked him, two people came to his aid. One was Noah Gorden the owner of the mill. He picked up Abraham who was bleeding and unconscious. Dave Turnham who had come to the mill with Abraham ran to get Thomas Lincoln. Thomas Lincoln hauled his son home in the wagon and placed him in the bed to recovery. Several neighbors came to visit as young Abe was near death.

Dave Turnham was the son of Thomas Turnham. There is a historical marker in Spencer County Indiana which states that the Turnham family moved to Spencer County, Indiana in 1819. Since the horse incident was supposes to have happened in 1818, it is doubtful that Dave or Thomas Turnham were at the gristmill that day. In all of the letters Dave Turnham wrote to W. H. Herndon, I can not find any mention of the horse kicking incident.