Upon this member Abe levelled his attacks, in rhyme, song, and chronicle; and though he could not reduce the nose he gave it a fame as wide as to the Wabash and the Ohio.

It is not improbable that he learned the art of making the doggerel rhymes in which he celebrated Crawford's nose from the study of Crawford's own 'Kentucky Preceptor.'" Lincoln's sister Sarah was warmly attached to him, but was taken from his companionship at an early age.

It is said that her face somewhat resembled his, that in repose it had the gravity which they both inherited from their mother, but it was capable of being lighted almost into beauty by one of her brother's ridiculous stories or sallies of humor.

She was a modest, plain, industrious girl, and was remembered kindly by all who knew her.

She was married to Aaron Grigsby at eighteen, and died a year later.