Mary Lincoln, was born in Linville Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia

Rockingham County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 67,725 people, 25,355 households, and 18,889 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 27,328 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

 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

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

. 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.

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

Mordecai Lincoln

Mordecai Lincoln was the uncle of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the son of Captain Abraham Lincoln, and brother of Thomas Lincoln. He was married to Mary Mudd. He is buried at the Old Catholic or Lincoln Cemetery near Fountain Green, Illinois...

 born circa 1771, Josiah born circa 1773, Mary born circa 1775, Thomas

Thomas Lincoln

Thomas Lincoln was an American farmer and father of President Abraham Lincoln.-Ancestors:Thomas Lincoln was descended from Samuel Lincoln, a Puritan from East Anglia who landed in Massachusetts in 1637...

 born 1778, and Nancy born 1780.

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.

Her second marriage was to Ralph Crume, the nephew of her first husband, on 5 August 1801. 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) . According to the WPA Guide to Kentucky, Mary Lincoln Crume is buried in the Lincoln Family Graves at Mill Creek Cemetery. However, this is incorrect. She is buried in the cemetery at Crume Valley in Breckenridge county, Kentucky.

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
  Henry Clay Whitney
  Henry Clay Whitney was a United States lawyer who was a close friend of President Abraham Lincoln, and later a biographer of the president.-Life:...
  
  . The Life of Lincoln. Baker & Taylor Company, 1908, pg 8.