Mary Lincoln Crume

Mary Lincoln, (1775 - 1882) was born in Linville Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia and is buried in the cemetery at Crume Valley, Breckenridge County, Kentucky. She was the aunt of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln highlighted his aunt in an autobiographical sketch written for his political campaign.

President Abraham Lincoln's "Aunt Mary"

President Abraham Lincoln considered his family connections to be significant for his presidential campaign. In June 1860, he wrote a short autobiography to be used in his bid for the White House. In this sketch, he highlighted his ancestry and extended relatives including Mary Lincoln, the eldest of his father's sisters. He also indicated that some of her descendants were known to be in Breckenridge County, Kentucky.^[1]

Early life and family

Mary Lincoln was the third child of Captain Abraham Lincoln (May 13, 1744 - May 1786) and his wife, Bathsheba Herring (c. 1742 – 1836), a daughter of Alexander Herring (c. 1708 - 1778) and his wife Abigail Harrison (c. 1710 – c. 1780) of Linville Creek. Five children were born to Abraham and Bathsheba Lincoln: Mordecai born circa 1771, Josiah born circa 1773, Mary born circa 1775, Thomas born 1778, and Nancy born 1780.^[2][3]

Mary was born at the Lincoln Family Homestead, Linville Creek in then Augusta County, Virginia (now Rockingham County, Virginia). At age 6, her parents sold their land and the family moved to Jefferson county, Kentucky.

Marriage and children

Mary Lincoln was the second wife of Daniel Edgar Crume (January 27, 1758 - September 16, 1824), marrying about 1791 and divorcing before 1801. They had two daughters: Sarah Crume Hasty (25 January 1792 - 7 July 1879) and Elizabeth W. Crume Davis (1794 - 2 August 1880). The Brookville Star, 17 Dec 1917, indicates that Elizabeth W. Crume was a first cousin of Abraham Lincoln.^[4]

Her second marriage was to Ralph Crume, the nephew of her first husband, on 5 August 1801.^[5] Ralph Crume and Mary Lincoln had the following children: Dr. William Cox Crume (7 Apr 1804 - Sep 1875), Ann Crume (1805-?), and Ralph Lincoln Crume (1809-Before Nov 1859)^{[citation needed]}. According to the WPA Guide to Kentucky, Mary Lincoln Crume is buried in the Lincoln Family Graves at Mill Creek Cemetery.^[6] However, this is incorrect. She is buried in the cemetery at Crume Valley in Breckenridge county, Kentucky.

References

1. ^ Lincoln, Abraham. "Short Autobiography Written for the Campaign of 1860." in Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. Edited by Roy Basler and Carl Sandburg. Da Capo Press, 2001. Pg 547
2. ^ Wayland.
3. ^ Harrison.
4. ^ Brookville Star, Brookville, Ohio, December 17, 1917, front page
5. ^ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004
6. ^ The WPA Guide to Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State. By F. Kevin Simon, Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky. Published by University Press of Kentucky, 1996, page 298

See also

• Burlingame, Michael. Abraham Lincoln: A Life. Baltimore: John Hopkins UP, 2008. Chapter 1.

• Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1997.

• Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.Chapter 1.

• Gladow, Diane and Dean. Updated Crume Family Information. Feb 2010.

• Harrison, John Houston (1935). Settlers By the Long Grey Trail. Dayton VA: Joseph K. Ruebush. pp. 282–286, 349–351.

• Indiana Magazine of History. By George Streibe Cottman, Indiana University Dept. of History, Christopher Bush Coleman, Indiana State Library, Indiana Historical Society, Published by Indiana University, Dept. of History, 1937.

• McMurty, R. Gerald. A Series of Monographs Concerning the Lincolns and Hardin County, Kentucky. Elizabethtown, KY: Enterprise, 1938, pgs. 1 and 18.

• McMurty, Robert Gerald. The Kentucky Lincolns on Mill Creek. Published by Department of Lincolniana, Lincoln Memorial university, 1939.

• Pollard, Jeanette Carrier. Our American Roots/Carriers/Pollards. 21 June 2001.Web. 25 Jan 2011.

• Radcliff/Ft. Knox Tourism & Convention Commission. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration.

• Warren, Louis Austin, ed. “Lincoln’s Aunt Mary.” The Lincoln Kinsman. No. 41. Dec 1941.

• Wayland, John W. (1987 reprint). The Lincolns in Virginia. Harrisonburg VA: C.J. Carrier. pp. 24–57.

• Whitney, Henry Clay. The Life of Lincoln. Baker & Taylor Company, 1908, pg 8.

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Name	Crume, Mary Lincoln
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Date of birth	1775
Place of birth	Linville Creek, Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Date of death	1882
Place of death	Fairfield, Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA