Eliot, Pres. Charles, I:85.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, I:2, 73.
Elkin, J. A., II:353.
Elkins, William F., I:205.
Elkins, Rev. David, I:117.
Elliott, Andrew, I:149.
Elliott, John, I:49.
Elliott, Nancy Sparrow, widow of
James, and subsequently wife of
John Elliott, I:49.
Elliott's "Debates on the Federal
Constitution," I:409.
Ellsworth, Elmer, friend of Lincoln,
I:445; accompanied Lincoln to
Washington, 466; death of, II:46.
Emancipation, proclamation of, II:
128 seq.
Embree, Elisha, I:283.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, I:324; II:
152.
Emigration, Commissioner of, II:138.
Emmett, D. D., author of Dixie,
II:403.
Enlaws heirs vs. Enlaws Executors,
I:101.
Ericsson, John, inventor of Monitor,
II:119.
Erie Canal, I:267.
Evans, E. P., II:266.
Everett, Edward, candidate for vice-
president in 1860, I:439; at Gettys-
burg, II:193 seq.
Ewing, George, 1:10.
"Family Hymns," I:71.
Farmer, Rev. Aaron, I:134.
Farragut, Admiral, at Mobile, II:340.
Fee, John G., I:105.
Fell, Jesse W., I:21, 86, 344, 408.
Fenton, R. E., II:388.
Fessenden, William P., II:155.
Field, David Dudley, I:280.
Fillmore, Millard, birth, I:2; can-
didacy as a Know-Nothing, 418;
meeting with Lincoln, 469.
Fillson Club, Louisville, Kentucky,
I:28, 75.
Fires, in log cabins, I:4.
Fish, Hon. Daniel, II :260.
Fisher, Thomas C., I:28.
Fiske, Stephen, II:38.
Fletcher, Job, I:205.
Flowers, Rebecca. See Lincoln, Re-
becca (Flowers) Morris.
Floyd, John B., Diary of, I:449;
member of Buchanan's Cabinet, 449
seq.
Floyd's Fork, Ky., I:29 seq.
Foote, Commodore A. H., II:123.
Foote, H. W., II:221.
Forbes, B., I:466.
Ford, Governor Thomas, on "spared
monuments," I:210.
Forney, John W., II:315.
Forquer, George, I:204.
Forsythe, John, II:65.
Fort Dearborn massacre, I:175.
Foss, Sam Walter, I:95.
Foster, R. S., II:353.
Fowke, Thomas, I:40.
Fowler, Bishop, II:390.
Francis, Simeon,
editor Sangamo
Journal, I:206.
Franklin's Autobiography, I:121.
Freemantle, Colonel, believed Pickett
had won at Gettysburg, II:183.
Freeport, Lincoln-Douglas debate,
I:392.
Free-soil movement, I:288.
Frémont, John C., candidate for
president in 1856, 1:363; II:20;
ambitious to succeed Lincoln in
1864, 282; Lincoln's opinion of,
286.
French, Benjamin B., II:195, 211.
French, Henry, I:59.
Friend, Charles, father of Dennis
Hanks, I:54, 55, 56, 105.
Friend, Charles, Jr., I:55.
Friend, Isaac, I:104.
Friend, Jesse, husband of Mary or
Polly Hanks, I:54.
Friend, Mary (Polly) Hanks, great-
aunt of President Lincoln, wife of
Jesse Friend and present at birth
of Lincoln, I:6; named in will of
her father Joseph, 43; mentioned
by Lamon, 50.
Frost, Prof. Edwin B., I:321.
Fugitive Slave law, I:283.
Fulton, Robert and the steamboat,
I:267.
Galesburg, Lincoln-Douglas debate,
I:393.
Garfield, President James A., II:349.
Garrison, William Lloyd, I:269, 408;
II:54.
Gazette, Cincinnati, II:490.
Gentry, Mrs. Allen (Katie Roby),
1:125, 211.
Germans in Illinois politics, I:416 seq.
Gettysburg, battle of, II:174 seq.;
dedication of cemetery and Lin-
coln's address, 185 seq.
Giddings, Joshua R., I:283.
Gilbert, Joseph L., II:206, 214.
Gillespie, Joseph, associate with Lin-
coln in alleged incident of breaking
quorum, I:206, 294-296; on Lin-
coln's popularity with Germans,
Globe Tavern, Springfield, I:319.
Gollaher, Austin, I:79-82.
Gooch, David W., II:83.
Goodrich, Grant, I:302.
Gordon mill in Indiana, I:135.
Gordon, Nathaniel, executed as slave-
trader, I1:262.
Gore, J. Rogers,. I:82.
Goskins, I. and R., I:128.
Goskins, William, I:128.
Graham, Dr. Christopher C., married
to Theresa Sutton by Jesse Head,
I:17; imagined himself present at
marriage of Thomas and Nancy
Lincoln and of Abraham and Mary
Lincoln, 17.
Graham, Mentor, clerk of elections
with Lincoln, I:162; taught Lin-
coln grammar and surveying, 187-
188.
Grand jury in early Kentucky litiga-
tion, I:59.
"Granny-woman" at Lincoln's birth,
1:7.
Grant, General Frederick D., II:234.
Grant, General Ulysses S., early bat-
tles, II:123; appointed commander,
229; at Chattanooga, 240; receives
his commission as lieutenant-
general, 235; refused to be can-
didate for president against Lin-
coln, 282; not at theater with Lin-
coln, 341.
Greeley, Horace, at River and Har-
bor Convention, I:279; on Whig
Party, 353; advocated Douglas for
senator, 365, 397 seq.; break with
Weed and Seward, 429; "on to
Richmond," II:73; hysterical letter
to Lincoln, 74; Lincoln's letter con-
cerning union and emancipation,
140; two groups of Union generals,
162; request for pardon for a spy,
267; efforts on behalf of peace,
294 seq.; Lincoln's comment on his
hysterical letter, 299;
Green, Bowling, 1:184, 188; half-
brother to Jack Armstrong, 193.
Green, Mrs. Bowling, I:227.
Greene, William Graham, I:199.
Greer, Edmund, I:189.
Griffis, William E., I:418.
Grigsby, Aaron, I:128.
Grigsby, Charles, I:126.
Grigsby, Edmond and Elizabeth,
I:126.
Grigsby, Mrs. Nancy, I:128, 129.
Grimes, James W., II:156.
Grimsley, Mrs. Elizabeth
II:40, 46 seq.
'Grocery-keeper," Lincoln denied hav-
ing been, I:391.
Gulliver, Rev. J. P., I:411.
Gunther Collection in Chicago His-
torical Society, I:312.
Guntraman, A., I:128.
Gurley, Rev. Phineas D., II:42;
prayer at death of Lincoln, 348;
Lincoln's funeral, 361, 471.
Gurowski, Adam, II:77.
Habeas corpus, suspension of, II:273.
Haggin, John, I:59.
Hale, Rev. Albert, II:364.
Hale, Charles, II:206.
Hale, John P., Free-soil candidate,
Hale, William P., II:118.
Hall, Elizabeth. See Hanks, Eliza-
beth Hall.
Hall, James, father of Levi and
Elizabeth, I:52.
Hall, John, son of Squire, I:139.
Hall, Levi, falsely alleged to have
been husband of Elizabeth Spar-
row, I:57; husband of Nancy
Hanks, 51, 56; buried with his
wife near Nancy Hanks Lincoln,
117.
Hall, Matilda, wife of Squire. See
Johnston, Matilda.
Hall, Nancy Hanks, daughter of
Joseph Hanks and wife of Levi
Hall, named in her father's will,
I:43; may have been present at
wedding of her niece Nancy to
Thomas Lincoln, 20; wife of Levi
Hall, 51, 56; buried with the pres-
ident's mother, 115 seq.
Hall, Squire, I:57, 139, 141.
Hall sisters, captives in Black Hawk
War, 1:175.
Hall, Thomas, I:88.
Halleck, Gen. Henry W., II:99.
Hamlin, Hannibal, at reception with
the Lincolns in Chicago, I:446.
Hampton Roads Conference, II:333.
Handley, L. B., I:76.
Hanks, Abigail, wife of Benjamin,
I:37.
Hanks, Abraham, alleged son of
William, 1:38.
Hanks, Ann, or Nannie, wife of
Joseph, 1:41; named in husband's
will, 43; probably returned from
Kentucky to Virginia.
Hanks, Benjamin, I:37.
Hanks, Caroline, I:57.
Hanks, Charles, son of Joseph, I:43.
Hanks, Dennis F., I:50, 55, 114; on
Lincoln's boyhood, 134; visit to
Illinois in 1829, 138, 145; on auto-
biographical letter, 484.
Hanks, Elizabeth, great aunt of Pres-
ident Lincoln and wife of Thomas
Sparrow. See Sparrow, Elizabeth
Hanks.
Hanks, Harriet, daughter of Dennis.
See Chapman, Harriet Hanks.
Hanks, James, alleged son of Will-
iam, I:38.
Hanks, John, son of William and
Sarah, and great-great-grandfa-
ther of President Lincoln, I:41.
Hanks, John, son of Dennis, I:139.
Hanks, John, son of William, and as-
sociate of Lincoln, I:43; first
cousin of Lincoln's mother, 52; re-
moval to Illinois, 138; assists the
Lincolns in establishment of Illi-
nois home, 141; splits rails with
Lincoln, 141; with Lincoln on flat-
boat, 146 seq.; the Lincoln rails,
414.
Hanks, John, alleged son of William,
I:38.
Hanks, Joseph, alleged son of Will-
iam, 1:38.
Hanks, Joseph, great-grandfather of
Abraham Lincoln, birth and mar-
riage, I:41; removal to Hampshire
County, 42; mortgages and aban-
dons his farm and migrates to
Kentucky, 42; his will, 42; his
farm in Nelson County, 44; his
missing daughter, 58 seq.
Hanks, Joseph, Jr., uncle of the
president's mother, associate of
Thomas Lincoln in carpentry, 1:15;
inherited his father's farm and
transferred it to his brother Will-
iam, 44; went back to Virginia
and returned to Kentucky, 44.
Hanks, Joshua, son of Joseph, I:42.
Hanks, Katherine, wife of John,
I:41.
Hanks, Mary Ripley, I:38.
Hanks, Mary or Polly, great-aunt of
President Lincoln, and wife of
Jesse Friend. See Friend, Mary
Hanks.
Hanks, Nancy, daughter of Joseph
and aunt of the president's moth-
er. See Hall, Nancy Hanks.
Hanks, Nancy, mother of the pres-
ident. See Lincoln, Nancy Hanks.
Hanks, Nancy, daughter of Dennis,
I:139.
Hanks, Richard, alleged son of Will-
iam, I:38.
Hanks, Sarah Jane, daughter of
Dennis, I:139.
Hanks (Hancks or Hankes), Thom-
as, 1:40.
Hanks, Sarah White, wife of Will-
iam (1695), I:40.
Hanks, Thomas, son of Joseph, I:42.
Hanks, William, son of Benjamin
and Abigail, I:38.
Hanks, William, Jr., of Virginia, son
of William and Sarah, I:40-41.
Hanks, William, son of Joseph, I:42-
43; purchased his father's farm,
44, 64; traded it for land on Rough
Creek, 44.
Hanks, William, Sr., of Virginia
(1695), great-great-great-grandfa-
ther of President Lincoln, I:40-42.
Hapgood, Norman, I:22.
Hardesty, William, I:16-19.
Hardin, Col. John J., I:237, 274.
Harding, Mrs. Warren G., II:409.
Harper's Ferry, captured by John
Brown, I:405; by R. E. Lee, II:124
Harper's Weekly, II:10.
Harris, Ira, II:156.
Harris, John T., I:27, 34.
Harris, Negro Servitude in Illinois,
I:418.
Harris, T. N., II:353.
Harrisburg, Lincoln at, I:473, 475.
Harrison, Pres. William Henry,
birth, I:2; funeral train, II:403.
Harrod, John, I:59.
Hart, drayman of Springfield, I:254
Hartranft, General John F., II:353.
Hawks family of Amelia County,
proclaimed members of the Hanks
family, I:39.
Hay, John, letter to Robert T. Lin-
coln, I:50; Lincoln's secretary,
466; his diary, II:33, 43; on Lin-
coln's habits, 44; on McClellan's
treatment of Lincoln, 95; on Lin-
coln's conversation on election
night, 303; at Lincoln's death-bed,
348; on Lincoln's cousin Robert,
434.
Hay, Milton, on law practise in Illi-
nois, I:301.
Haycraft, Samuel, I:16.
Hayti, attempt to colonize negroes in,
II:140.
Hazel, Caleb, I:52, 86, 104.
Head, Rev. Jesse, married Thomas
and Nancy Lincoln, 1:16, 67; a
Democratic editor and slave-holder,
18; his life story, 479 seq.
Heidelberg, I:86.
Hell-fire for the living, compassion
for the dead, I:106.
Helm, Hardin Herr, I:28.
Helm, J. B., memories of camp-meet-
ing, I:15.
Helper, Hinton Rowan, I:407.
Henning, John P., I:418.
Henry, Fort, surrender of, II:123.
Herald, New York, unfavorable to
Lincoln, I:479, 480; II:16, 38.
Herman, Charles F., I:423.
Herndon, Archer, I:205.
Herndon, Rowan, I:160, 165, 183.
Herndon, William H., quotes Lin-
coln regarding his mother, I:14,
106; death of Lincoln's mother,
116; on Lincoln's boyhood, 124,
134; Lincoln's journey to Illinois,
139-140; error concerning John
Hanks, 141; first journey to New
Orleans, 150 seq.; Lincoln's arrival
in New Salem, 156; Lincoln's
breaking quorum, 206; material for
Ann Rutledge lecture, 219; Lincoln
and Stuart, 231; roomed with Lin-
coln and others, 238; concerning
Mary Todd, 248, 249, 273; on Lin-
coln's New England visit in 1848,
290; becomes Lincoln's partner,
300; as to Lincoln's work in law
office, 320; Lincoln's escape from
Abolition Convention, 332; letters
to Theodore Parker, 398, 401; Lin-
coln's vision of the presidency,
412; with Lincoln at the polls, 444,
II:4; on aspects of Lincoln's char-
acter, 458.
Herold, D. C., II:354, 483.
Herring, Bathsheba.
Bathsheba Herring.
Herriott, F. I., I:420.
Hill, Parthenia Nance, wife of Sam-
uel, 1:213 seq.
Hill, Samuel, I:183, 186, 213.
Hingham, England, supposed home
of the Lincoln family; unveiling of
bust of Abraham Lincoln, I:24.
Hingham, Massachusetts, first Amer-
ican home of the Lincolns, I:24
seq.
Hitchcock, Mrs. Caroline Hanks,
I:37, 39, 44, 45, 52-53.
Hitt, Robert H., reported Lincoln-
Douglas debates, I:389.
Hodgen family, I:2.
Hodgenville, Kentucky, I:2.
Hodges, A. G., Lincoln's letter to,
II:136, 297, 299.
Holbert, George, 1:13.
Holcombe, James P.,
Holland, Josiah G., I:419; II:222,
457-458.
Holloway, H. C., II:210.
Holmes, Lewis, 1:59.
Holt, Joseph, I:449, 451; II:63, 148,
310, 353.
Hooker, Major-General Joseph, ap-
pointed commander of Army of
Potomac, II:170 seq.; Lincoln's
letter to, 171; transferred army
north of Potomac, 176; succeeded
by Meade, 178; at Lookout Moun-
tain, 239, 240.
Horr, E. Rockwood, in Free-soil
movement, I:288.
Hour, A. P., II:353.
Howard, Joseph, Jr., II:287.
Howe, Julia Ward, II:297.
Hucks, John, erroneously reckoned
Hughes, Morgan, I:28 seq.
Hughes' Station, 1:31-33.
Huidekoper, H. C., II:49, 315.
Hunter, General David, II:353, 364.
Hurst, Charles R., I:238.
Hutchinson, J. R., associate of J. H.
Lea in The Ancestry of Lincoln.
See Lea, James Henry.
Jackson, Andrew, birth, I:2; denied
right of secession, 281.
Jacobs, Henry Eyster, II:210.
Jameson, Dr. J. Franklin, II:343, 469.
John Doe, and his veracity, I:83.
Johnson, Andrew, II:83; inaugurated
vice-president, 315; not at Lincoln's
bedside, 343; inaugurated president,
349.
Johnson, Hershel B., I:439.
Johnson, Jacob, I:63.
Johnson, Reverdy, II:157.
Johnson, Rhoda, see Sparrow, Rhoda
Johnson.
"Johnson vs. Jones," I:309.
Johnston, Albert Sidney, II:73, 123.
Johnston, Cleveland D., I:140.
Johnston, Daniel, I:117.
Johnston, John D., son of Sarah
Bush Lincoln, 1:118, 139, 141, 145;
with Lincoln on flat-boat, 146 seq.
Johnston, Matilda, daughter of Saralı
Bush Johnston and wife of Squire
Hall, I:57, 118, 124, 139.
Johnston, Sarah Bush. See Lincoln,
Sarah Bush.
Johnston, Sarah, daughter of Sarah
Bush Lincoln and wife of Dennis
Hanks, I:118, 139.
Jones, Abraham, father of Sarah
Jones Lincoln, gave name Abraham
to Lincoln family, I:25.
Jonesboro, Lincoln-Douglas debate,
I:393.
Joseph, Jonathan, sale of cows, I:88.
Journal, Chicago, 1:278.
Journal of Commerce, New York,
II:286.
Journal, Providence, II:222.
Journal, Sangamo, Sangamon and
Illinois State, I:202, 206, 272;
II:1, 2, 3.
Judd, Norman B., I:345, 404, 413,
466.
Judy's Ferry on Sangamon, I:149.
Julian, George W., II:83, 352.
Kansas, Bleeding, I:351.
Kansas, Lincoln's interest in freedom
there, I:333; his visit, 406.
Kantz, August V., II:353.
Keckley, Elizabeth, II:409.
Keene, Laura, II:341.
Kelley, Hon. William D., I:437.
Kellogg, Elijah, II:391.
Kellogg's Grove fight, I:178.
Kelso, John ("Jack"), I:163; his
knowledge of literature, 193.
Kentucky, originally a part of Fin-
castle County, Virginia, I:98; its
character in Lincoln's childhood,
I:III.
Kerr, Orpheus C., II:403.
Keyes, Hon. Henry W., II:491.
Kidd, W. T., I:133.
King, Hon. Horatio, II:197.
Kipling, Rudyard, I:172, 181.
Kirkpatrick Mill, I:2.
Kirkpatrick, William, I:149.
"Knights of the Golden Circle" and
kindred organizations, II:271.
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