Clifton M. Life . '.i ham Lincoln. - University Library

14 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
that relationship. They took her with them to Mercer county, Kentucky. They
reared her to womanhood, followed her to Indiana, died of the same disease at
about the same time, and were buried close beside her.
Nancy Hanks was a beautiful girl, of pleasing manners and keen intellect.
She was slender and symmetrical, above the ordinary height in stature, and had
the appearance of one inclined to consumption. She was a brunette, with dark
hair, soft hazel eyes, and had a high, intellectual-looking forehead. While in
BOCK SPRING.
One of the picturesque and romantic scenes of the Lincoln homestead on Nolin's creek in
Kentucky, is Rock Spring. In summer especially this is one of the most beautiful sp'ots
imaginable, and to its pleasing scenery is added the practical advantage of a never-failing
supply of the finest quality of limestone water, for which central Kentucky is justly famous!
Virginia she attended school and received other advantages which placed her on a
higher intellectual plane than most of those around her. She always wore a
marked melancholy expression, which fixed itself upon the memory of everyone
who ever saw or knew her, and though her life was seemingly beclouded by
a spirit of sadness, she was in disposition amiable and generally cheerful; these