Illinois
Thomas sold his Indiana land early in 1830 and and with Sarah moved first to Macon County, Illinois and eventually to Coles County in 1831. The homestead site on Goosenest Prairie, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Charleston, Illinois, is preserved as the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.
Abraham sometimes visited Sarah and Thomas when he was in Coles County on the law circuit; Sarah said that she "saw him every year or two." After Thomas died in 1851, Lincoln maintained land for Sarah and supported her until his death. Their final visit before Lincoln left Illinois for the White House. Sarah died in 1869.
Sarah is buried next to Thomas in nearby Shiloh Cemetery, just south of Lerna, Illinois.
Read more about this topic: Sarah Bush Lincoln, Marriage and Family, Thomas Lincoln
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