Lincoln Grandchildren & G-Grandchildren

[RJNorton]

(10-10-2015 10:06 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  I agree, Scott - what a brief but all-embracing laudatio by a grandchild!

Lincoln once complained at (with?to?) a Springfield neighbor from whom he used to buy milk that the ceiling in that fellow's house was too low.

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Found it: Neighbor James Gourley recalled that Mr. Lincoln “used to Come to our house with Slippers on – one Suspender and an old pair of pants – Come for milk – our room was low and he said, ‘Jim – you have to lift your loft a little higher. I Can’t stand in it well."

I believe it is probably apocryphal, but there is story attributed to Abraham Lincoln in which he was asked "How long do you think a man’s legs should be?" and he replied, "Long enough to reach the ground."