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 ...

For reasons unclear there was a change of venue to Champaign County, and it was there Mary retained Abraham Lincoln. At the courthouse in Urbana the jury found Martin Beard “guilty of extreme ...