Were Lincoln and Ward Hill Lamon law "partners?"

[Troy Cowan]

(08-15-2012 12:17 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  The story of Lincoln not showing up for his own wedding is fiction -- pure fiction. However, Miss Todd was stood up at her wedding. No, not Mary Todd, but her sister Ann Todd. It has always been my theory that when the gossips of Springfield retold the story of Miss Todd being jilted, the 'historians' of the day assumed it was Mary Ann Todd.

The story of Lincoln jilting Mary Todd is a part of the Davis family oral history. You might rightly complain that the Davis' did not live in Springfield and did not know Mary Todd, so why would it be included in their oral history. Let me explain.
Mary's desire to wed Abraham was not shared by him. He got cold feet and did not show up at the wedding. Depressed and having self doubts, he left for New Orleans. When he got to New Orleans he looked up his brother, Jefferson Davis. Abraham told Jefferson all about how he left Mary at the alter that terrible day of January 1, 1841.
The next day Thuysen Davis came to see Jefferson and now two Davis' know about the wedding. Thuysen caused an argument between Jefferson and Abraham and Abraham returned to Springfield after one day in New Orleans.