...although Thomas Lincoln first married Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mother, and in the cabin below:
There is a tradition that Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush were sweethearts until Sarah chose Daniel Johnston in preference to her father's and brothers' close friend. Thomas Lincoln was well acquainted with Sally Bush we may assume by the many associations of Thomas with her father as well as her brothers.
When Thomas was serving in the same patrol with Christopher Bush in 1805, Sally was then but sixteen years old while Thomas was twenty-nine, thirteen years her senior.
Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush's brother, Isaac, had been contemplating a trip to New Orleans, and probably started in their flatboat March fourth. One week later, on March eleventh, Sarah married Daniel Johnston. Upon the return of Thomas and Isaac two months later, both of them bought gifts for Mrs. Johnston. About one month from the time Thomas Lincoln arrived from New Orleans he married Nancy Hanks. It would appear from these facts that Thomas Lincoln, who had known Nancy Hanks for many years, was rather quick to carry on a courtship, propose marriage, and have the ceremony performed all within a month.
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