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Lincoln Suite
Room #1 -- $69-$89 |
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BED 8' Carved Walnut, circa 1800
DRESSER Marble top, Walnut wood, carved grapevine designed handles
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When the Hoosier State was admitted to the Union in 1816,
Thomas Lincoln and his wife Nancy brought their children,
nine-year-old Sarah and seven-year-old Abraham to Indiana in
the great migration of settlers from Kentucky. The Lincoln's
125-mile journey to their new home took two weeks by horse and
wagon. Tom built his family a log cabin in the small community
of Little Pigeon, which later became Carter Township of
Spencer County. He built a loft in the cabin that could be
reached by ladder for Abe's room, which he later shared with
his stepbrothers from the Johnson family. As a skilled
carpenter, Tom also helped build the Doe Run Inn across the
Ohio in Brandenburg, Kentucky.
From 1819 through 1825, Abraham Lincoln attended three
schools in Southern Indiana. The schools were "subscription
schools" which cost the Lincoln's a dollar or two for each
child per school term. Lincoln's first teacher was Andrew
Crawford, who taught him Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and
Manners. The second schoolmaster, James Swaney, is credited
with introducing Abe to some of the finest textbooks of the
day. Abe walked four and one-half miles to Swaney's school and
was unable to attend regularly. Lincoln's last schoolmaster,
and the best of the three, was Agel Dorsey. Lincoln's formal
school days were over by the time he was sixteen, however, Abe
received a practical education from the family farm, the woods
and the river.
After the death of his wife Hancy Hanks Lincoln, and his
daughter Sarah, Tom Lincoln remarried. In March of 1830, he
sold his two tracts of land in Indiana - one of eight acres
and one of twenty acres and prepared to move to Macon County,
Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln spent fourteen years of his youth in
Southern Indiana. He became the sixteenth President of the
United States, and made his place in the history of the nation
and in the hearts of the world.
Early records indicate Josiah Lincoln, Abraham's uncle,
was an occasional guest in the Kintner House. He lived many
years in Southern Indiana and died in Blue River Township
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