New Light On Lincoln's Boyhood

[Anita]

Thanks to everyone posting here. So much good info most of it new to me.

The excerpts below are from the article posted by Kees,
" LINCOLN'S COUSIN RECALLS STORIES OF EMANCIPATOR, BY MARTHA MURPHY."
"Abe and grandmother looked just alike. We laid their pictures side by
side once and grandmother was the spittin' image — even to the mole on his nose and the funny way his lower lip stuck out."

Le Grand himself looks just like Lincoln — minus the mole. He has the
same jutting chin, long nose and heavy eyebrows and long, rangy build~ The boys back in Jasper, Ark.— the ones that knew about us — used to tease me because they said I ever, walked like him," Le Grand said."

Where are the photos of Sophie and her offspring? It appears that many of Lincoln's physical traits including his walk were shared by his cousins. Sophie lived to a ripe old age of 84. I am curious to see if Sophie shared the same lumps on her lips that Lincoln had and which some believe could be a sign of a rare genetic disorder. Also would be interesting to see photos of current descendents of Sophie and her siblings.

I found this letter but no photos. Thanks.

February 29, 1932
"Lincoln Lore,"
Fort Wayne,
Indiana.

Dear Sirs:

I am writing to you at the
suggestion of Mr, F. B. Butler, As-
assistant Director of the Public
Buildings and Public Parks of
Washington, concerning mementos of
the Lincoln family which Mr. Morgan
has recently acquired.

Mr. Morgan has secured a
tintype of Sophia Hanks LeGrand, a
first cousin of Abraham Lincoln. Of
interest too, though perhaps of lesser
importance, are two pictures of James
LeGrand, the son of this woman, and
therefore second cousin of Abraham
Lincoln. A description of the re-
lationship of these people to Abraham
Lincoln may be found in Mr. Morgan 1 s
article, "New Light on Lincoln' s
Boyhood," in the February, 1920
number of the Atlantic Monthly.

If you should be interested
in any of these pictures, Mr. Morgan
would be glad to turn them over to you
for whatever price you see fit. The
financial returns will go to a surviving
member of the family who is in needy
circumstances .

Sincerely yours,

Herbert Gough,
Secretary to the President