Lincoln's birthday

[Eva Elisabeth]

(01-14-2017 06:37 PM)Steve Wrote:  

(01-14-2017 01:56 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  I don't know, but the Lincoln family Bible (now in the LOC) includes the birth dates of the four sons in Abraham's handwriting (as well as the death date of Eddie).

All the names Abraham Lincoln wrote in his father' s Bible relate to his stepmother. It's missing his brother Thomas who died as an infant and his children whom he never brought to meet his stepmother. Maybe Lincoln just copied the record from a Johnston family member who didn't have that information.

Not all names are Johnson-related, his mother Nancy and sister Sarah aren't. However, it does seem Johnson-oriented, and it is strange, Robert wasn't mentioned. No date past 1851. Did A. L.'s stepmother inherit and keep the bible?