ABRAHAM LINCOLNS ANCESTRY

Abe Lincoln’s grandfather Abraham spelled his surname Linkhorn Was this because he was German or of German descent Or because of the influence of his German neighbors in Virginia Or because of a spelling error In the early 1900s Mr Learned took on the task of thoroughly investigating the Lincoln family origins unearthing and exploiting much original matter relating to the Lincoln family in their American wanderings through the states of Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and Kentucky Illustrated with copies of original documents The Boone family spent time living in areas populated with Germans Dr Tolzmann’s curiosity about the possible German origins of the family was the surname actually spelled Bohne has resulted in the appendix included in this work