Was Lincoln Baptized In Secret ?

[Gene C]

You can certainly understand Ms. Hicks enthusiasm about her story.
If you watch the youtube video link you'll notice it starts with Sondra Hicks holding up a book titled "Lincoln's Unknown Private Life", edited by
Lloyd Ostendorf and Walter Oleksy.

Ms. Hicks indicates that according to this book, the same minister (Parson) that preached Nancy Hanks Lincoln's funeral (David Elkins per Dennis Hanks in Herndon's Informants) also baptized Abraham Lincoln after his first election for president, but before he left for Washington.

Part of the problem here is that David Elkins died in 1857 at the age of 77-78 (according to Find A Grave, below) That's 3 years before the alleged baptism.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3020...vid-elkins[u]

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