Who is this person?

[Steve Whitlock]

(02-16-2020 03:08 PM)Steve Wrote:  So, this guy's grandfather was named Joshua Hanks? Maybe it's one of Nancy Hanks Lincoln's brothers?

Steve,
This guy's father was Joshua Hanks, uncle of Nancy Hanks Lincoln; however, in a Feb 1909 newspaper interview he got her confused with Nancy Hanks Hall, his father's sister. He has a brother named Solomon Hanks among his siblings, and his name is Thomas Jefferson Hanks. His family moved from Hardy Co., WV to OH, and circa 1864 T. J. Hanks moved to IL. I posted this because of all the hurrahs about Abe not resembling Thomas Lincoln, and that his father must have been George Broomfield, or Abe Enloe, etc, etc.

There is a photo you've seen for Sophia (Hanks) Lynch-Legrand that bears resemblance to Abe, as does this photo. Perhaps some Hanks genes were the reason Abe looked the way he did. Thomas J. Hanks was near the end of his life when he gave the interview and died in Apr 1909. Both the Feb 1909 article and Apr 1909 obit have this picture by way of verification.

I wish the reporter that did the interview had inquired about Lucy Hanks.