Who is this person?

[RJNorton]

No googling please.

Historians feel this is a sketch of a cabin where someone who has been discussed on this forum lived. What is the person's name?

[Rob Wick]

Thomas Lincoln?

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Rob

[RJNorton]

That is a logical answer, Rob, but incorrect.

[Rob Wick]

Roger,

I suspect I am overthinking this one. Could it be Abraham?

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Rob

[RJNorton]

Both of your answers are on the right track, Rob, but you do not have the right person.

[AussieMick]

Teacher ? Mentor Graham?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Mentor Graham, Michael. It was not someone from Sangamon County.

[Steve]

Sarah Bush Johnston, or someone related to the Johnston family, before Sarah remarried to Thomas Lincoln?

[RJNorton]

Excellent, Steve. That is correct. It is Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln's cabin in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

[Gene C]

Thanks Roger, do you have any info on the sketch ( source, artist, date) ?

[RJNorton]

I do not, Gene. The image (labeled) was in some old files I have but without information on the artist, etc. I will see if I can find something.

Her Elizabethtown cabin has been recreated and is open to the public.

https://www.touretown.com/listing/sarah-...cabin/153/

[AussieMick]

who is this? (double click on image to enlarge ... good luck googling)
   

[AussieMick]

I assume you have guessed the hand on the left is Lincoln's

[RJNorton]

A younger Walt Whitman than is normally seen in images?

[AussieMick]

No, Roger but I see why you say that.
Although not a photo it is almost as good as.
If you can guess why the man is pointing... it would assist.