Wandering generally southeastward, Thomas and Sarah eventually settled in Coles County. Īfter a wretched winter in 1830–1831 at a campsite west of Decatur, young Abraham left the family to start his own homestead and seek his fortune in Sangamon County. In 1830, Thomas and Sarah followed their daughter and son-in-law and other family members as they migrated west from Indiana into Central Illinois Abraham, though now a legal adult, opted to follow his step-mother and father. In 1819, Lincoln's father Thomas Lincoln married the widowed Sarah Johnston of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The farmstead is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.Ībraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died in 1818 while the family lived in a log cabin in the Little Pigeon Creek Community in southern Indiana. Abraham Lincoln never lived here and only occasionally visited, but he provided financial help to the household and, after Thomas died in 1851, Abraham owned and maintained the farm for his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln. The centerpiece is a replica of the log cabin built and occupied by Thomas Lincoln, father of U.S. The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is an 86-acre (0.3 km²) history park located eight miles (13 km) south of Charleston, Illinois, U.S., near the town of Lerna. William Herndon (law partner, Springfield)Īssociation of Abraham Lincoln Presenters (ALP)ĭid Lincoln Own Slaves? And other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln, by Gerald J.Location of Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site within IllinoisĬoordinates: 39☂2′50″N 88☁2′20″W / 39.38056°N 88.20556°W / 39.38056 -88.20556 Matilda Johnston Hall Moore (step-sister)ĭenton Offutt (early business partner, New Salem) Lincoln Home National Historic Site, SpringfieldĪbraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, Charleston In-production Lincoln documentary from Witnessing History Education Foundation, Inc. Lincoln (2012), a film by Steven Spielberg, scene featuring Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and Gloria Reuben as Elizabeth Keckley Lincoln: Prelude to Presidency, a documentary from WILL-TV, Illinois Public Media Kendra Swanson (performed live on Sessions from Studio A) Mana Kintorso (performed live on Sessions from Studio A) You can also listen to this episode at these podcast directories: You'll find all of that and more in this episode of Drinkin’ with Lincoln. We also learn that Joe is not afraid to be critical of Lincoln. Then Joe and I visit Jackson Avenue Coffee in downtown Charleston, where Joe tells us how he got started as Lincoln, how being beardless affected his career, and how he prepares for the role.
There's a lot of Lincoln to cover in Charleston, and it's a complicated side of Lincoln we don't often see in the history books: his strained relationship with his father, his defense of a slaveowner in a Charleston trial, and his controversial views on racial equality. We also visit Thomas Lincoln's grave, the site of a Lincoln-Douglas debate that took place in Charleston, and the world's tallest Abraham Lincoln statue. In the first half of this episode, Joe takes us on a tour of the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, which recreates and preserves the farm of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's father and step-mother.
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