Abraham Lincoln’s legacy survives in Kansas in strange ... descendants of the young girl who persuaded Lincoln to grow a beard. In adulthood, the girl moved to Kansas and married a banker.
On Oct. 15, 1860 - 153 years ago today &mdash 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting he grow a beard for the presidential election. Bedell said in her letter that ...
In a quarter-century legal career, Abraham Lincoln accepted all types of casework, ranging from real estate to murder — and ...