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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