East Bridgewater High School - Torch Yearbook (East Bridgewater, MA)

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24 THE STUDENT S PEN 8X1St6d m hls folebeals noxx ulged h1m to moxe on that adven tulous bplrlf xxould not let the Lmcolns remam ID one place John vxent to the Shenandoah Vallex and there bought acres of land ln Rockmffham Countx He blought up h1s nme ch1ld1en thele and ho spent most of l11S plopeltx IH educatmg them John Lmcoln d1ed m 1488 P1 esldent Lmcoln s 01andfathe1 xxas Abraham Lmcoln who vxas bo1n m Bell s Countx Pennsxlxanla It IS belleved that Ab1 aham vxas ma111ed txxlce be ause a No1th Cal olma glrl Mary Shlpley IS P19S1Cl61lt LIHCOIHS g1211tlIYl0th61 and lt IS certaln that he had also ITl3111QCl a xx oman bx the name of Bathsheba Helrmg The 1eco1ds sax that he xxas poor and that Bathsheba Heumg had been Cl1'w1Ilh911f6d fo1 mauxmg h1m but other 19C01dS 1epo1t that Ablaham mheuted some of h1s fathers plopertx Ab1aham xxas made captam of the Countx mllltla he also selxcd as a Judge adxoc ite of the court and thls fact shovxs that he vxas a xx ell educated and 1 xxell lespected man Although he had plopeltx 1n Pennsxlx ama he xx ent to Kentucky because he llke h1s folefathels had a xestless spxrxt and VS1ShEd to trax el much Here Ab1aham xxas kxlled by the Indians Whlle he was xx orkmg on h1s fa1m he left tlxe chlldren He was buued IH the grax ex ard of the Long Run Raptlst Church m Jefferson Countx Kentuckx Of Abraham s Hxe Qh1ld1en 'lhomas vxas destmed to be the t1ax el xxe It to Wautauga Vallev of Tennessee and llved there vxlth h1s uncle tol 1 xx h1le Dulmg h1s stax there he met Nancy Hanks xx ho soon aftel bec ime hls xx1fe He then returned to Kentuckx anl thele bought mxnx aues of land Thomas lxke h1s ancestoxs d1d xot xxlsh to bc 1 xack ot all tlades thelefore he chose calpc te111 g fo1 h1s buslness P1es1drnt Lxnoln s mothel Nxncx Hanks came from a famllx xx hxch xx as not so xxcll knoxxn Hoxxex QI all the 1ECOI'ClS that haxe buy tound shoxx that thex xxere fine and respectable people xx ho lxke the Lmcolns f1dX eled flom place to place Thus Presldcnt Alnaham I1HCOllW son of Thomas Lmcoln and Banu H ink xxlth all the leatest ch ll21CALGllQtlCQ of all h1s forebeals combxnul 1n hlflnl xx as lble to become one of the most famous and most honoxw 'ncn ot the xx o1ld Hxs ancestols xx ere not great dxstmguxshcd people but thex xxele such people as Y K . .L , . 7 3 - Q w a Q v f I n' 1 C . ' . ,K K. L. . , . U, I . . . ,. -. 1' , Y ' . 5, x 1 vf ' ' C' , . .ik . lx, . ' . 7 . 1 1' V -' pf - . ' ' . c . , Y ' 7 . ' , 1 . 1 . v v 1 ,.' 1 ' ,' .' . . . v' ' 1 1 w 1 I 4 - Q. w ' , L ' ., Y K. . v, L. . . .2 , . 5 4 1 v . v v 7 ' 7 1, 1, Y ' V ' Y 13 - 1 f 1 x 1 ' ' v' 7 ' 4 'a ev! VV' 5,1 7 . - 1 X v l Y 1 wh , N v v noted Plesulent s father Thomas, xxhen he xxas old enough to ' 1 , 'r f' ff u .. v. I y , I 1 4 v ' 1. l w v v A L 1 L L , I v v 4 ' N .0 -w v. L ,C L - 4 L . C 2 lv , .. Q , '. ' 1 - 2 f - '- - ' ., - e I . 4 ,1 1 -Y v A 2 . . , l z U ' v . ' . . x - Y . , v v v . . - r - ,A 7 ' Lx v f v v L1 . 1 - . Y l , 1 sg v 1 , 7 'Y ' ' 'V' 2 HS, 'l ' - , ' 2 ' ' u . .. .S . ' 3 ' ' Q ' Lx 2 7, 1 s x - 5 1 3 ' v . ' - y

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THE STUDENT S PEN famous as he was one of the fllgt ll0IlIT'l3ly91S ln the country He was yery successful yy lth h1s yyolk maklng nalls bolts hlnges and Othel useful thlngs He yy as saddened by the death of hls Wlfe but he soon fO1gOt hls sadness and marrled Mary Chapln a WldOW of Bralntlee He bullt fO1 hel a new home ln Scltuate tor he could well dff0lLl lt now Not l0llg attel hls happy second marrlage he was Cl1SdDpOlHtt.Cl clgdlll bee luse hls two oldest sons left hlm 101 no reason yy hatey el ll0lll8Ld1 was yely actlve 111 the mattels between the gI'0VtlIlg settlement ot Cohasset lnd the mothel settlement Hlngham He had gl eat pleasule befole he dled ln 1727 to see hls tamlly among the most populal and most prosperous people of Hlngham lnd Cohasset MOrdCC31 s oldest son Nloldeeal Cdlllttl on the llne ot Presl dent Llncoln He went yylth hls bl othel Abl lham to New Jel sey Just then beglnnlllg to gl ow They declded to reslde IH M1ddl8t0D County and thele they made many tllends Not long after they settled thele Nlol decal malrled Hannah Saltan the only daughter of R1Chdltl Saltan a lalge landoyy ner lll New Jer sey Thus Mordecal came lnto a Ll1ClQ of lnfluentlal people ln the colony He and hls blothel bought many acles ot land 111 New Jersey although NI0ltl6L3.l lly ed Ill Monmouth County where It lb belley ed all ot hls slyc chlldlen W616 born Mordecal transportatlon so w hen he yy as 1YlX1t9Cl to entel lnto partnershlp as an lronmastel yylth tyyo men ln the thllylng clty ot Phlladel phla he accepted leadlly Hls wolk was lll the Sehuylkll RIVQI County he sold out hls paltnelshlp XQIX soon attelyy ald but he stlll contlnued to llye thele w hele he bullt a b63.Llt1lLll home and brought hls yylte N101 decal and hls tamlly wele sloyyly tllllllllg tlom Pulltans to Qudktlw because ot the QLl3.k9l llelghbolhoocl an example ot thls change lN shown by NI01flCLd1 s son when he mallletl 1Ilt0 the Boone tamlly yy ho yyele Quakels wllO1Cl9C21l became a Justlce ot peace and an 1llsD6LtO1 of hlgllXX1US and hls ehlldren attel hlm welc plonllllent 111 the toyy ll iff llls 'llol decal dled ln 1735 It w as NlOltltL ll s son John who c imc neyct ln lllle of the ln dustllous IlIlL0lllN lohn Illllllttl l yy lfl0XX Nils Rebecca NIor 115 and llyed ln P6I1llNXlXcl.llld whele he bought land Ill Berks County and Lancastel County He was a yely DIONDCIOUS busl ness man ln the tl'll1Xlllg' colony but the glelt spll It whlch had ' 23 V 7 v 1 vl .1 v 4 1' ' . K ' y l 1 ' 1 v w 1 v .1 ' ' 1 .1 11 11 l . ! I ' 7 ' a v 1 1 l 1 v 1 . O .1 I v 1 ' 1 11 1 'L11 ' , 1 1 ' .Z 51 1 'K1 1 L1 ' ' 1 ,1 1 1 1 1 - A - '11 ' 11 1 1 , 1 1 ' x ' 1,1 1 1 , , 1' X1 1 , ' 1 1k 2 1 1 ' 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 ! ' x ! ' ' 1 11 ' 1 '1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . . I . 1 1 , ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 r C J an 1 . 1 1 , A ' , ' X - . I 1. ' 1 1 0 1 . 1 l 2 ' 1 - ! ' 1 . , ' Q v A 1 v 'v' 1 1 L .. . I v 1 ' ' ' od ' I 1 I 11 V A 7 V1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 1 ' 1' 1 - 1 1 1 . ol . I 1' 4 1 - if l I LY. .L1 1 1 v 1 1 kv ' . v N Y 1 1 1 . . v . V 7 4 l , , . e . . clld not llke Neyy' Jersey' on account of lts slow' progress and poor 1 . 1 ' v1 1 ' v- 1 D 1 ' , . 1 1 I - 1 1. 1 I 1' v. 1' v ' ' 4 - . .1 1 I v ' 1 v 1 1 11 1 ' , 1 ' . , , U. . . vs y 'N 0 1 1 ' v 1 v 1 1 Y 1 vr 1 . 2 ' ' ' . ' v . 'L1 1 . L 1 . ' 1 'K1 ' ' L1 111 A1 1x1 1 ' '1 1' 1 11 1 ,11 1 .1 1 ' 1 . ' 1 1 , . , 1 -1 , ' '1 1 '1 1 - 1 L 1 .1 1 1 1 ,al ' i, ' 1 1 v 1 1 r 11 r 1 . y .. . I ' 1 . 1 v I A l I . 1 A I . 'l '1 1 . 1 l . x . ' . V U I . . h v 2 2. yh.. L v H. 1 1 1 14 lvv 1 ' 11 l ' . Y . A l c 1 , 1 c f '. - s ' 3 l ' . 2 l l ' ', ll .W - ,', , ' 11, ' 1 1 1. '. 1 1 X 1 ' l, .L , v 1 1 .1 1 ,1 1 V - 1 . 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 '- i, ' 1. 1. 1 v 1 1 1 'u' v . . L , c 1

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