Early Life
Sarah Bush was born December 13, 1788 in Hardin County, Kentucky, the third daughter to Hannah and Christopher Bush. Christopher Bush was a slave patrol captain who was somewhat well-off financially and was described as "…a stirring, industrious man, and had a large family of sons and daughters." The Bushes moved with their nine children to Elizabethtown, Kentucky when Sarah was two years old. As a child Sarah prided herself on her appearance and keeping up with the latest fashion. She had blue-grey eyes and was light complected. Sarah has been described as proud, energetic, hard-working, neat and possessing good sense.
Her brother, Isaac, sold Thomas Lincoln the Sinking Stream Farm.
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