Lincoln and His Father

[Craig Hipkins]

It is interesting to speculate how Lincoln's life would have turned out had Nancy Hanks not died from the milk-sickness. I don't believe that he ever would have become president, or for that matter have gotten into politics. One of the main reasons that Lincoln struck out on his own instead of staying around his family like most people did in those days was because of his poor relationship with his father. Perhaps, had Nancy lived into old age, Lincoln would have been reluctant to venture farther than the borders of Indiana, Kentucky or Illinois. He might have ended his days as an obscure shop clerk somewhere.

Craig