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Identifier: reminiscencesabowilinc (find matches)
Title: Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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t Lincoln buried his love -Ann Rutledge, his first sweetheart. le was devoted to her. When she died know Lincoln was heartbroken. He; >ld my husband he had buried his love. I A good joke on Lincoln, I remem- er. said the old lady. He froze his ; eet going to see a girl. He had to talk a long way through snow on an wful cold night. He had to stay a ■••eek at the girls home until his teet at well enough for him to go out. Then the old lady charged him board. Denial of the rail-splitting anecdote(redited to Lincolns youth is made byMrs. Wilbern. . . My husband said Lincoln never;nlit rails. The Hankses were not thatDoor. That rail-splitting story wasmly made up for political purposes, to!ise to get votes. Lincoln and my husband were al-ways good friends, but he voted forDouglas. He liked Lincoln, but theywere of different politics. We both,heard the great debate between Lin-coln and Douglas. •4> iilcox, Fred N. Civil war Dined with Lincoln and Grant )) %,&■ Mr ■tiff
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.Fred iV. Wilcox telling his little neighbor, Aileen McGee, astory of the Civil War. C*4>*a~-Aja* CUu^l^. ^uju^ 3o/?M not y1 rES, Aileen, you mayknow much about whoGeneral U.> S.< Grant and Presi-dent Abraham Lincoln were, butthey were great men and I amglad that I had the honor of din-ing with both of them. It is Fred N. Wilcox of 33819th-av who is speaking. Listen-ing with avid interest, is his 4-year-old neighbor, Aileen McGee,339 19th-av. Aileen is one of many young-sters who like to listen to Mr.Wilcox tell stories of the CivilWar. ^ He is believed by G. A. R. offi-cials to be the oldest survivingmember in the state. He will be99 on Nov. 27. Southern girls were especiallykind to northern soldiers, Mr.Wilcox i-ecalls. They would hidebehind trees and slip fried chickento us. After leaving the army, Mr.Wilcox became a locomotive en-gineer. He lives with his son, Frank,and daughter, Miss Nelle Wilcox,at 338 19th-av. He has four chil-dren, 10 grandchildren and fourgreat-grand

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