Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Hi Joe,

Ed has the caption as "Abraham Lincoln - Long Run Bridge, Jefferson County, Kentucky" Nothing about Bathsheba in the caption.

Here's what I have on Abraham Lincoln's death; seem right to you?

In May, 1786, while Abraham (grandfather of the President), and Abraham's 3 sons, Thomas (father of the President) and his two older brothers, Mordecai and Josiah, were planting corn, they were attacked by Native Americans. Abraham was killed instantly, Josiah ran for help and Mordecai hid in a nearby cabin. Looking out of a crack between the logs, Mordecai saw a Native American sneaking up on Thomas, who was sitting beside his father's body. Mordecai grabbed a rifle and killed the Native American before he could reach the younger boy. The Native American was wearing a silver half moon trinket around his neck and this is what Mordecai used as a target to shoot the Native American. No book I own gives a tribe's name to the Native American. I am afraid that fact is lost to history, although whatever Native American tribes were living in Kentucky at the time would certainly be the chief suspects. The murder of Abraham Lincoln took place at Floyd's Fork in Jefferson County in Kentucky. His grave is most likely within the church yard of the Long Run Baptist Church. After he was killed, his wife, Bathsheba, left the Floyd's Fork farm and moved to Nelson County in the part that later became Washington County.