Who is this person?

[Donna McCreary]

(01-08-2013 12:22 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Yes, Thomas Turnham is correct. According to my source he had served under Lafayette at Brandywine (where he was wounded) and also fought at Yorktown.

Donna, I think the historical marker is correct. In an interview with Herndon, Dave Turnham said the family came to Indiana in 1819. Most books, including Louis A. Warren's, put the horse kicking incident in 1818. Writing of himself, Lincoln wrote, "In his tenth year he was kicked by a horse, and apparantly (sic) killed for a time." That would also put it in 1818.

Other than Noah Gorden, I wonder who else was really at the mill that day? All versions of the story claim that Lincoln had to "wait his turn." So there must have been several others.

" . . . you ole' hussy" were the words uttered by Lincoln upon waking. At the meal he had claimed that his dog could eat meal faster than the mill could produce it, and his goal was to make the horse move faster in order to grind the grain faster.