Place

Pioneer Cemetery - Lincoln Boyhood

Brown sign that says Pioneer Cemetery Nancy Hanks Lincoln mother of Abraham Lincoln, buried here.
Sign for the Pioneer Cemetery

Quick Facts
Location:
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Significance:
Site where Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, is buried

On this wooded knoll just a few yards south of the Lincoln farm lies Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s mother. She is buried here along with other pioneers and some residents of Lincoln City. 

 

MARKED GRAVES  

  1. Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, “Mother of President Lincoln” d Oct 5, 1818, aged 35 y “Erected by a friend of her martyred son 1879” 

  1. Rhodes, “Mother” Mary E., b Feb 14, 1852, d Mar 16, 1900, “Erected by sisters Minnie and Sallie” 

  1. Morris, Josephus, s/o D.C. & V.L., b Mar 12, 1844, d Mar12, 1899 

  1. Morris, Susanna, b Feb 9, 1851, d Jul 23, 1897 

  1. Ludwig, Bertha A., d/o John & L., b Nov 7, 1886, d May 6, 1899 

  1. Huff, Salley, w/o Thomas, b Jun 21, 1848, d Jul 14, 1884, “The Lord is My Shepherd” 

  1. Hicks, Infant, s/o George II and Nancy J., b & d Dec 14, 1891, “It was an angel that visited the green earth and took a flower away” 

  1. Brooner, Nancy Rusher, b 1782, d 1818, w.o. Peter Brooner 

  1. Sparrow, Thomas and Elizabeth Hanks, died September 1818 

 

UNMARKED GRAVES 
 
Luann Morris 
A Foster brother 
Mr. Huff (Dora Krause's father) 
Tom Summers (a soldier) 
Rosie Huff 
Mr. Huff (Mike's father) 
Truvill's twin (Mrs. Mary Woods of Lincoln City mentioned this twin was a boy) 
Smith children (two) 
Mrs. Merrit and child 
Cad and Cord Rice's children 
Main children (four) 
Charlie McKasson 
Persinger child 
Elizabeth Wesson 
W. T. Morris, Jr. 
Mrs. Taylor 
Levi Hall 
Nancy Hanks Hall 
 
 
The names on this list have been contributed by local citizens 
having knowledge of the burials in the cemetery. 

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

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Last updated: January 14, 2022