In 1816 Thomas Lincoln and his family migrated to Indiana, where his wife, Nancy Hanks, died October 5, 1818.
The marriage [of Sarah Bush and Daniel Johnson] occurred March 13, 1806, three months before Thomas Lincoln's marriage to Nancy Hanks [June 12, 1806].
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| Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Marrige Cabin in Harrodsburg, Kentucky |
An undisputed tradition and one entirely credible, is that Thomas Lincoln made love to Sarah Bush before he sued for the hand of Nancy Hanks. It is wholly creditable to Thomas Lincoln that he returned for his second wife to where he was so well known as at Elizabethtown. His suit is said to have been favored by Sarah's male relatives who had accompanied Thomas Lincoln on a voyage down the river to New Orleans. Thomas Lincoln's marriage to Sarah Bush Johnson or Johnston occurred December 2, 1819. [Source]
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