At the head of the grave a white stone, simple, unaffected, and in keeping with the surroundings, has been placed.

It bears the following inscription: NANCY HANKS LINCOLN, MOTHER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, DIED OCTOBER 5, A.D.

1818.
AGED THIRTY-FIVE YEARS.
_Erected by a friend of her martyred son_.
Lincoln always held the memory of his mother in the deepest reverence and affection.

Says Dr.J.G.

Holland: "Long after her sensitive heart and weary hands had crumbled into dust, and had climbed to life again in forest flowers, he said to a friend, with tears in his eyes, 'All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my sainted mother.'" The vacant place of wife and mother was sadly felt in the Lincoln cabin, but before the year 1819 had closed it was filled by a woman who nobly performed the duties of her trying position.