Lincoln's Mothers

[RJNorton]

(11-03-2015 11:35 AM)maharba Wrote:  How much it bothered her that Lincoln didn't even bother coming to his own father's funeral?

It seems like it would, but the author writes that Sarah defended him. Dorothy Clarke Wilson says that Sarah felt Abraham was needed at home with a sick wife and a new baby, and that he was right to stay where he was needed the most.