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Steve Whitlock · 03-16-2020, 12:56 AM

(06-15-2015 05:23 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:
(06-15-2015 03:45 PM)loetar44 Wrote:
(06-15-2015 02:13 PM)RJNorton Wrote: The image of Sophie Hanks arrived from the LOC today. Many thanks to the LOC for sharing it with us. Along with the image there is a typed note which says, "Lincoln's (first) cousin, Sophie Hanks, who grew up with him in Indiana. Her son was displeased with this likeness because the photographer had retouched it so as to remove a mole on her face. He stated that this mark was characteristic of the Hanks family, and that in location and appearance it was similar to the mole appearing on likenesses of Abraham Lincoln."

Image credit: Arther E. Morgan Collection - Library of Congress

Thank you Roger for sharing this photo! Indeed the "spittin image" of Honest Abe in my opinion...

Roger (or someone else) do you have a photo of Dr. Lewis A. Warren ? Thanks!
I 100% agree on the resemblance - thanks for ordering and posting, Roger!!! Weren't there also photos of John LeGrand in the Morgan papers? I was hoping they would have sent you a copy of one of those, too.

I have a photo of Nancy (Lynch) Davison holding one of her sons, from the Morgan collection. She's a daughter of Sophia (Hanks) Lynch-Legrand. It's a pdf file, and I can't attach it here, unless I bother Roger again.

If anyone wants a copy just contact me at ctn59880@centurytel.net.

I have a lot of Legrand information, but no photos of Dr. James LeGrand. However, I have a few associated LeGrand photos, but no serious resemblance to Lincoln there. The attached 1932 letter mentions that there should be a couple of James LeGrand photos in the Morgan collection.