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Who is this person?
04-25-2019, 10:05 AM
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Daniel Green Burner?
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04-25-2019, 11:14 AM
Post: #1592
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Excellent and very logical guess, Eva, but it was not Burner.

Hint #1: It was a New Salem resident who saw Lincoln lift this amazing poundage.
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04-25-2019, 11:23 AM (This post was last modified: 04-25-2019 11:24 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #1593
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So not Bill Green either?
Joseph Gillespie?
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04-25-2019, 11:32 AM
Post: #1594
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Nope.
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04-25-2019, 12:23 PM
Post: #1595
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Rowan Herndon ?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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04-25-2019, 12:52 PM
Post: #1596
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Congratulations, Gene! Indeed it was Row Herndon, a cousin of William Herndon. It was also Row Herndon who said there were rumors of Lincoln fathering a couple of children during his New Salem years. Row Herndon departed New Salem in 1833 after accidentally (according to him) shooting and killing his wife. Apparently the New Salem residents were fairly evenly divided on whether the killing was accidental or on purpose.
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04-25-2019, 03:25 PM
Post: #1597
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Learn all about it on this years Springfield Tour when we visit New Salem.....
and please do not cross the police tape barrier.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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08-23-2019, 10:24 PM
Post: #1598
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This person is not very well known in her own right, but she has several connections to Lincoln scholarship. Who is she? No help from the web, please.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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08-24-2019, 03:57 AM
Post: #1599
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Mary Livermore?
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08-24-2019, 06:18 AM
Post: #1600
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Ruth Painter Randall ?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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08-24-2019, 09:20 AM
Post: #1601
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Sorry guys. Both are great guesses, but incorrect. Next clue. She began her study of Lincoln in 1945.

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08-24-2019, 09:48 AM
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Lilian Steichen Sandburg?
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08-24-2019, 10:08 AM
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Sorry Roger, but it isn't her.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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08-24-2019, 01:06 PM
Post: #1604
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Next clue. She's buried in Springfield alongside her husband and her husband's first wife.

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08-25-2019, 09:30 AM
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Sally Kreider Thomas?
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