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Elizabeth Tuley (Hesson)

Family Search ID: KN6H-6Y5

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names Name
Married Name Hesson

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
John Tuley 1783 Rachel Stephens (Tuley) abt 1786

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 12 Sep 1811 Mercer County, Kentucky, United States
Marriage 05 Mar 1831 Spencer County, Indiana
Death Jan 1896 Spencer County, Indiana, United States

Notes

Elizabeth met Abraham Lincoln at church and their courtship lasted several months. There were a couple variations of the stories about why they broke up. The common event was that Abraham Lincoln was drunk on hard cider. The differences in the story were about whether it was Elizabeth or her father that found him drunk. It could have been both.

Sources

Description Page Quality Information Evidence
Edited by Dr. Louis A. Warren, "Sixteen Traditional Lincoln Sweethearts Don't know Don't know Don't know
Thomas James de la Hunt, "The Pocket Periscope", The Evansville Courier & J Don't know Don't know Don't know

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