Nancy Hanks' lineage

[Steve Whitlock]

(02-29-2016 12:58 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(02-29-2016 12:20 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  I can't off the top of my head even recall if I have ever read what Lincoln's father actually died from.

The cause of death I've seen in a few books is "kidney disease" or "a kidney aliment." The source of this may be a September 1865 statement Augustus H. Chapman gave to William Herndon. Chapman was the husband of Harriet Hanks, daughter of Dennis Hanks. Chapman wrote that Thomas Lincoln "died from a disease of the kidneys."

Mr Norton,

I'll set aside many misgivings I have concerning the photo of Thomas Lincoln, who should be turning 73 in 1851, the clothing he wears being questionable as to the period, his ability to afford such clothing, questions as to why he would not have a single photo with either his wife or son (even tho he and Abe were estranged), questions as to whether Robert Todd Lincoln acknowledged the photo as his grandfather, and why he, himself, seems to have had none as all being subjective. My one question I have, and no more to be said by me after that, is whether you have seen the original photo, (I have not), and whether it was a tintype? If so that technology didn't come into use in the 1850's until after the death of Thomas Lincoln, having it's peak usage between 1860-70.