Marriage and Family
On June 12, 1806, Hanks married Thomas Lincoln. Lincoln had proposed to her in his childhood home at what is now Lincoln Homestead State Park in Washington County, Kentucky. A record of their marriage license is held at the county courthouse. They had three children:
- Sarah Lincoln (February 10, 1807 – January 20, 1828)
- Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
- Thomas Lincoln (died in infancy, 1812)
The young family lived in what was then Hardin County, Kentucky (now LaRue). After 1811, on the Knob Creek Farm. Neighbors reported that Nancy Hanks Lincoln was "superior" to her husband, a strong personality that taught young Abraham his letters as well as the extraordinary sweetness and forbearance he was known for all his life. In 1816, the Lincoln family moved to Spencer County in southern Indiana and proceeded to homestead at Little Pigeon Creek Settlement. That year Indiana became a state.
Nancy Hanks is third cousin four times removed of actor, producer, writer, and director Tom Hanks.
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