New Light On Lincoln's Boyhood

[loetar44]

Thanks Joe and Gene. BTW, I understand that well-known Lincoln biographies don’t mention Sophie. Illegitimacy and bastardy was generally frowned upon, and if the fact of Lincoln’s illegitimate relatives (I count nine or so, including his mother Nancy and foster sister Sophie) had come to full light during the 1860 campaigns, his chances for (re-)election would have vanished completely I suppose.

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Casey Cemetery in Limestone, Newton County, Arkansas