Then the writer, fearing that the grave of Lincoln's father would become entirely unknown, succeeded in awakening public opinion on the subject.

Soon afterward a marble shaft twelve feet high was erected, bearing on its western face this inscription: THOMAS LINCOLN FATHER OF THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT.
BORN JAN.

6th, 1778 DIED JAN.

15th, 1851.
LINCOLN.
"And now," concluded Mr.Balch, "I have given all that can be known of Thomas Lincoln.

I have written impartially and with a strict regard to facts which can be substantiated by many of the old settlers in this county.