L~N COLN LORE Bulletin o! the Lincoln National Life Foundation - • • • -- Dr. Louis A. Warren, Editor, Published each week by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana Number 478 FORT WAYNE, INDIANA June 6, 1988 NEAR KINSMEN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN There i::; continually appearin{o;' in Beckwith, Robert Lincoln 1904- Brumfield, Susan tho press, notes referring to in<hvid­ Son of Warren and Jessie Lincoln Unmarried uals that are said to be related to Beckwith (Childrclt, of Ralr>h and Mary Abraham Lincoln. An attempt to list Uncles and Aunts Lincoln Crum•) the near kinsmen of the President Hasty, Sarah Crume through which relat.ionship of more Lincoln, Mordecai 1771-1880 Married James Hasty distant fumi1y contacts may be b·aced Son of Abraham and (Bersheba Herring) Lincoln Crume, William is here attempted. The Hanks rela­ Married Louella Jones tives are named on the as::;umption Lincoh1, ~tar)• Mudd ?-1859 (Names o! other Crume children not that Lincoln's mother was the only Daugnter of Luke and ( ?) M>dd known) child of James Hanks, a son of J oscph Lincoln, Josiah 1773-1886 and Nancy Hanks, and Lucy Shipfey Son of Abraham and (Bersbeba Fathe.r·in-law Hanks, a daughter of Robert and Herring) Lincoln Todd, Robert Smith 1791-1849 Sarah Shlpley. Lincoln. Catherine Barlow Married ( l) Eliza Ann Pat·kcr who Daughter of Christopher and Bar· <lied before her daughter married Grandparents bara Barlow Lincoln. (2) Elizabeth Humphries Lincoln, Abraham 1744-1786 Crume, Ralph, 1750·? Son of John and Uebecca Morris Son of Phih11 and Margaret Weath­ JONSMEN THROUGH MARRIAGES Lincoln ers Stepmother Lincoln (Bcrsbcba) Crume, Mary Lincoln (1776)· '! Daughter of (Alexander Herring) Lincoln, Sarah Bush (Johnston) 1788- Daughter of Abraham and (Ber­ 1869 Hanks, (James) sheba Herring) Lincoln Second wife of Thomas Lincoln Son of Joseph and Nancy Hanks Brumfield Wilham 1778-1858 Hanks, Lucy Shipley (1765)-(1825) Son of James and Joanna Brumfield Stepbrother Dauj!'hter of Robert and Sarah Brumfield, Ann (Nancy) Lincoln John.• ton, John D. 18!5- Shipley Brumfield 1780·1845 Stepsisters Parents Daughter of Abraham and Ber· shcba (Herring) Lincoln Hanks, Elizabeth Johnston !807· Lincoln, Thomas 1776-1851 -Married Dennit~ Hanks Son of Abraham and (Bersheba) First Cousin~ Hall, Matilda Johnston 1811- Lincoln Marricd Squire Hall Lincoln, Nancy Hanks ?-1818 (Citild>·en of Mordecai a>ul Daughter of (James) and Lucy Mary llincoln) Brother.in-Jaw Shipley Hanks Lincoln, Abraham 1819-(1852) (;rigsb):, Aaron 180~·1831 Brother and Sister Marncd Elizabeth, daughter of Marned Sarah Lmcoln Lincoln, Sarah 1807-1828 Hezekiah Mudd Brothers-in-law and Sisters·in·law Lincoln, James Bradford (1802)-1837 Married Aaron Grigsby but there (Re«•ttd lhr~U{Jh wif•'s own l>rolh<rB were no descendants Marraed Frances, daul):hter of Wil­ and sisters) Lincoln, Thomas (1811)-(1813) liam and Frances (Childers) Day Todd, Levi Died in infancy Lincoln, Mordecai 1804-1867 'fodd, Lousia Unmarried Wife Todd, Dr. George lt. C. ~Judd, Elizabeth Lincoln 1792-1858 Name of wife not known Lincoln, Mary Todd 18!8·1882 Married Benjamin, son oi Charle~; J•:dwards, Ninnian \Virt. Daugnter of Robert S. and Eliza ~!udd l' arker Todd Edwards, Elizabeth Todd Knis1ey1 Mary Rowena Lincoln Wallace, Dr. William Children .Marracd George Knisley Wallace,_ Frances Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd 1843-1926 Neighbors, Martlta Lincoln Smith, <.;. M. Lincoln, Edward Baker 1846-1!<50 Married Washington Neighbors Smith, Ann Todd Lincoln, William Wallace 1850-1862 (Child•·•" of Josiah and (Related tht·ough wi/o's half brothers Lincoln, Thomas (Tad) 1853-1871 KatMrine Lincoln) and .U.tcr•) Daughter·in·law Crutchfield, Barbara Lincoln (1802)· '! Todd, Samuel (not married) Lincoln Mary Harltu1 Married John Crutchfield Todd, David Daughter of James and Ann Har­ Lincoln, Thomas 1806-1849 Todd, (nee Mrs. Williamson) lan. l\Iarned Sarah, daughter of Benja­ Todd, Alexander (not married) Grandchildren min and Mary (Bullington) Weatll· Kellogg, Charles Isham, Mary Lincoln 1869- ers Kellogg, Margaret Todd Daughter of Robert and Mary Har· Denton, Elizabeth Lincoln (1809)-? Wl>ite, Capt. Clement lan Lincoln Married lsom Denton White, Martha Todd Lincoln, Abraham 1873-1890 Briscoe, Nancy Lincoln 18!0-1842 Helm, Gen. Ben Hardin Son of Robert and Mary Harlan Marr•cd John Briscoe Helm, Emilie Todd Lincoln Lincoln, Jacob 1815-? Dawson, Gen. N. H. R. Randolph, Jessie Lincoln (Beckwith) l\larned Martha Gibbs Dawson, Elodie Todd (Johnston) 1875· Sullenger, Katherine Lincoln !817-? Herr, W. W. Daughter of Robert and Mary Har­ (Children of Willinm. aud Herr, Katherine Todd lan Lincoln Na11cy /Jrumficld) N ephcws and Nieces Grcat~grandchildren (;rume, Mary Brumfield 1803·1845 L.;.ick of space will not permit. the Isham, Lincoln 1892- )1arried Ralph L. Crume listing of the nephews and nieces of Son of Charles and Mary Harlan Nail, Elizabeth Brumfield !804 Lincoln which would include the chil­ Lincoln Married William P., son ol John drt'n of Mary Todd's brothers and si::;· Beckwith, Mary Lincoln 1898· and Rebekah Slack Nail tcrs. Abraham Lincoln's sister who Daughter of Warren and Jessie Lin· Alston, Lucretia Brumfield married Aaron Grigsby had no chil· coln -Beckwith Married John Alston dren. .