Sunday's Obituary: Austin Gollaher Dead!

LINCOLN'S PLAYMATE 
PASSES AWAY IN LARUE COUNTY.
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HODGENVILLE, Ky., Feb. 22.--Un-

cle Austin Gollaher, the boyhood play-

mate of Abraham Lincoln, died at his

Morning Herald
February 22, 1898

home, near this place, this morning of

paralysis and old age. He had been

lingering between life and death for

over a year. Had he lived a month lon-

ger he would have been ninety-three

years old. Until recently Mr. Gollaher

retained his mental vigor and convers-

ed freely about his and Abe's ups and

downs, when they were boys together

in Larue county; but a while before his

death his mind became greatly impared.

He always referred to the time he saved

Abe from drowning in Knob creek as

a great episode, and never tired of tell-

ing the story to his friends.

Benjamin Austin Gollaher was the son of Thomas and Judith Gollaher. 

This is the third in a series of six daily blog posts I am doing on Benjamin Austin Gollaher, the maternal 3rd great grandfather of my husband Mike. Previous posts on Gollaher (done before this series) can be seen at the links below:

Boy Hero Saves Life of Young Abe Lincoln

The Reconstruction of Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace

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