The eugenics of President Abraham Lincoln

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The E
ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
Nancy's Log-Cabin Home In
North Carolina
This is a picture of the log cabin on the banks of
the Catawba River near Bellmont, N. C, at which
Lincoln's mother made her early home with her uncle,
("Dick") Richard Hanks
JAMES CASWELL COGGINS
Comments on a Former Work
Dr. J. C. Coggin's book entitl-
ed, "Abraham Lincoln, a North
Carolinian", is a valuable con-
tribution and we will be glad to
;
secure any other work Mr. Cog-
gins may write upon the Lincoln
ancestry.
—
Harvard University Librarian
"I made Dr. Coggin'sbook on
Abraham Lincoln the basis of
my thesis for my Master's De-
gree at Duke University and it
was accepted in the Department
of History."
— M
Rev. James McClelland, A
. .
Methodist minister
Charlotte, N. C.
Dr. Coggin's book, "Abraham
Lincoln, a North Carolinian'', is
used as a reference work by the
Department of History in the
WesternNorthCarolinaTeachers
College, Cullowhee, N. C.
—
Prof. Stilwell, A.B., A.M.

LINCOLN ROOM
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
LIBRARY
MEMORIAL
the Class of 1901
founded by
HARLAN HOYT HORNER
and
HENRIETTA CALHOUN HORNER

Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2012 with funding from
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The
Eugenics of
PRESIDENT
ABRAHAM
LINCOL
His German-Scotch Ancestry Irrefutably
Established from Recently Discovered
Documents
BY
James Caswell Coggins, A.M., S.T.D., Ph.D., LL.D.,
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
BY THE
GOODWILL PRESS
ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE
COPYRIGHT 1940
BY J. C. COGGINS
The
Eugenics of
PRESIDENT
ABRAHAM
L1NCOL
BY
James Caswell Coggins, A.M., S.T.D., Ph.D., LL.D.,
founder and first President of Atlantic Christian
t
College, Wilson, North Carolina, and author of
the following books:
The Star-crowned Woman;
Christ's Place in the Old Testament;
A New Philosophy of Life;
Abraham Lincoln, A North Carolinian;
The Cellular Origin and Growth ofMentality or the
Soul; prepared as a thesis for the University of Paris.
The Golden City, and other sermons preached at Lin-
coln Memorial University;
Saint Paul's Post-graduate Course;
The Eugenics of Abraham Lincoln
StartLinq Statement
"My right name is Enloe, but I have always
—
gone by the name of my step-father" Abraham
Lincoln
"After Nancy Hanks was married to the man,
Lincoln, the boy was known by the name of
—
"Abraham Lincoln", Judge Gilmore
"It was generally understood in the communi-
ty that the man that married the president's mo-
ther was not the father of the president, butthat
—
his name was Enloe", Col. C. T. Davis
"Thomas and Nancy had onechild, Sarah, and
their friends after Nancy's death tried to fix the
records to date back the marriage, and failed
—
signally" Mrs. Manon, daughter ofJohn Hanks