Thursday, April 26, 2018

The 16th President ABE'S SISTER DIED YOUNG SARAH LINCONLN GRISBY 1807-1828

Sarah Lincoln Grisby




Name: Sarah Lincoln
Born: February 10, 1807 Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA
Died:  January 28, 1828 Dale, Spencer, Indiana, USA
Spouse: Aaron Grisby
Parents: Thomas Lincoln
                Nancy Hanks
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death: Child Birth
Date of Burial: January 29, 1807
Age at Death: YRS: 20 MOS: 11 DYS: 13
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Interment: Little Pigeon Baptist Church, Cemetery; Dale, Spencer, Indiana, USA

Married:   August 2, 1826 Indiana
Issue:  George Grisby

Eighteen months later, on January 28, 1828, Sarah Lincoln Grigsby died in childbirth. Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, sister of the 16th President, was buried with her infant in her arms. Interviews with southern Indiana neighbors after the president's death indicated that Lincoln may have blamed his sister's death on her husband's neglect.

Source:


Winona Daily News Page 5  Friday  May 11, 1962  Sarah Grigsby



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