Abner Hanks
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Abner Hanks is related to President Abraham Lincoln since his father John is a cousin to Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks, though her specific family history is disputed. Also of interest is that Abner and his first wife Mary Dale are the great-great-great-great grandparents of actor Tom Hanks, making Tom a third cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln.
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Lickspring Cemetery
Johnson County in what would become the state of Indiana was not an active battle site during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). No troops were mustered from among the early inhabitants of the area. When the American Revolution was fought…