Adding a little to what has already been posted-

According to Carl Sandburg's <>, pp 45-48
James Gentry <> had his son Allen and Lincoln take a loaded
flat boat, built by Lincoln, down to New Orleans. Lincoln <> On page 153, Sanburg quotes part of a poem
<>, written by Lincoln about the insane son
of James Gentry, Matthew Gentry. Page 44, <>.

Ed T of PGH
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>From: "Mary" 
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Fwd: Abe L incoln
>Date: Sat, Jan 1, 2000, 11:29 PM

Who is this James and Allen Gentry ?    An Enlow was supposed to father
>Abe. I found this to be interesting. My g-grandfather Thomas Gentry mother
>was Sarah Enlow b,abt 1825-1835 but who are her parents?
>
>1828 January 20. Abraham Lincoln's sister Sarah dies in childbirth, having
>been married less than two years to Aaron Grigsby
>
>**Abraham Lincoln and Allen Gentry take a flatboat loaded with cargo from
>Rockport, Indiana (6) downriver to New Orleans for Gentry's father James Gentry.
>

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