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Abraham Lincoln's Family

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John Davis Johnston and Family living in the Thomas Lincoln Goosenest Farm log cabin.  John was Abe's step-brother, son of his step-mother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln

Sarah would have to move out of the Goosenest cabin for periods of time, but would spend her last years there

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Young"Abe"
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Nancy, Birth Mother
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Young Sairy, Dennis and Abe 
 
Betsy
(Sarah Bush's Daughter)

John D.
(Sarah Bush's Son)
  


Step Mother to Abe, Sarah Bush  Johnston Lincoln
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Matilda (Tildy) grown-up
(Sarah Bush's Daughter)
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Thomas, Abraham's Father
(Uncle Tom Sparrow to Dennis) 
(Pappy for Abe and Sarah)
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Dennis Hanks, Cousin visiting with new cousin, ABE
 
Lincoln Family Genealogy Project

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            b.=born         m.=married        ?=not known (usually a birth or death date)
The Lincolns

Samuel & Martha Lincoln
Children:
Thomas, Besheba
Thomas Lincoln m. Nancy Hanks who died
Thomas /Nancy Children:
Sarah, Abraham
and Thomas (died at 2 yrs. old)
m.  Sarah Bush
Johnston
Sarah Bush children:
Elizabeth, Matilda, and John D.

Go to Abraham Lincoln's Parents Site for pictures and details

Abraham Lincoln m. Mary AnnTodd:
Children:
Robert, Edward, William, Thomas


 

 The Hanks

John Hanks m. Nancy Shipley
Children:
Nancy Hanks
(who m. Thomas Lincoln)
Elizabeth m. Thomas Sparrow
(no children)
Nancy Hanks (not married), daughter of Joseph Hanks was the mother of
Dennis Hanks m. Sarah (Betsy) Elizabeth Johnston (Sarah Bush's daughter)
Children:
Sarah Jane;
John Talbot;
Nancy;
Harriet;
Amanda;
Mary;
Charles;
Theophilus







 

 The Halls

 Squire Hall m. Matilda (Tildy) Johnston (Sarah Bush's daughter)
Children:
 
3 sons and  five daughters, including:
 
John Johnston (1829-1909) m.               Elizabeth Jane Taylor;
 
Nancy Ann (1832-?);
Alfred L. (1839-?);
Sarah Louisa (1841-1935) m. Merrill Fox;
Joseph A;.
Amanda;
Harriet
Squire dies,
Matilda marries Reuben Moore.  They would have one son, Giles
Matilda lives and dies in the Moore House, near Goosenest Farm

 The Bushes & Johnstons

Christopher Bush m. Hannah
Children:
6 sons, 3 daughters, including Sarah (step mother of Abraham)
m.
Daniel Johnston
Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Matilda,
John Davis
Sarah Bush Johnston m. Thomas Lincoln
Children:
none
Matilda Johnston m. Squire Hall (see as listed for the Hall Family) 
Children:
John, Nancy, Elizabeth, Alfred, Sarah Louisa, Joseph Amanda and Harriet
Squire would die and Matilda (Tildy) would marry Reuben Moore
Children:
Giles


 


 
 
 
John Davis Johnston (son of Sarah Bush Lincoln) m. Mary Mary Barker
Children:
6 sons, 1 daughter
 
Mary dies and John Davis marries Nancy Williams
children:
John Davis Jr.
 
The Bush Family line continues through the ancestors of Hannah Bush Radley who married John Sawyer and their children:
Lydia and Ann
 


Drawings  from
Abraham Lincoln: The Boy the Man
by Lloyd Ostendorf Publisher: Phillip H. Wagner, 
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