J. L. Hanks

[Steve Whitlock]

(03-17-2020 12:41 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  

(03-17-2020 11:14 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(03-15-2020 11:56 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  Rich also has a copy of the letter Sophia (Hanks) Lynch-Legrand, who was still living in MO at the time, wrote to Dennis Hanks asking him if it was true that the Abraham Lincoln she knew was really the President. Dennis referred to that exchange with Sophie in a letter he wrote to President Lincoln.

I tried to find the text of the letter I believe Steve is referring to, and I am posting what I think is the correct one:

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Apreel 5th 64

Dere Abe I Receivd your Little Check for 50.00 I shoed it to mother She cried Like a child Abe She is Mity Childish heep of truble to us Betsy is very feble and has to wait on hir which ort to have Sum person to wait on hir we are getting old We have a great Many to wait on of our Conncetions they will ***** to See us while we Live Abe Charles has Reinlested a gain for three years or Dureing the war this is hard to his Mother Abe we had a horible time on Munday of Court it Brok up got in to a fuss By a Drunkin Soldier I Never Saw Such a time thare was 8 or 10 Killed in the fight one you no Doct yorke of paris Edgar County young E winkler was wounded Abe I Received a Letter from Sophia Lynch now John Lagrand is hir Last husband She wants to no whether you are that Abe Lincoln hir cusin or Not is this not Strange to you it was to me hir Boys all in the army younion Boys at VixBurg Abe you never have Seen as Strong a youning Boy as Charles Hanks I am Mity afraid that Theophilus will gaw into army with Charles he is 15 years old a very Staut Boy he can Shoot as well as I Can Abe Remember My Boys if you Can I Dont ask any thing

Yes, that's it! Thank you Roger!! I couldn't find my copy of the letter yesterday, but I was having a tough day, as you can tell by my posts. And yes, I do know I should have written Louis A. Warren, rather than Lewis Warren. No one home in Whitlockville yesterday. Only a little better today. And no, I don't have the virus. Just a bit run down worrying about my daughters and grandchildren in CA. I live in rural MO, not too far from where Sarah Hanks is buried. Margaret (Hanks) Legrand, Sarah's daughter, Sophia's sister, is buried even closer.

Roger, I also have copies of the original letters that Samuel H. Hanks (Sarah Hanks' son) and his daughter, Rocy Hanks Walker, sent to Caroline Hitchcock, which state clearly that Samuel is an own cousin to Abraham Lincoln, and that Nancy Hanks Lincoln is his aunt. There are 9 pages if you haven't seen them. With that and Charles Hanks, son of William Hanks Sr, also stating his relationship to Abe in his letter denouncing the ghosted letter attributed to his brother John, it seems that Dennis Friend Hanks and John "The Railsplitter" Hanks aren't the only Hanks to know who they were relative to the president. Add the Sparrows and Legrands, and it's clear they all knew, even if Warren, Hitchcock, etc didn't want to believe them. I find it hard to believe that none of them ever spilled the beans about the father of Nancy or Sarah. But then, they don't mention Joseph Hanks or Ann Lee either, even tho they knew their parents, as shown by the marriage record of Charles Hanks, son of Joseph and Ann "Nanny" (Lee) Hanks.