LINCOLN'S PLAYMATE
PASSES AWAY IN LARUE COUNTY.
__________
HODGENVILLE, Ky., Feb. 22.--Un-
cle Austin Gollaher, the boyhood play-
mate of Abraham Lincoln, died at his
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| 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:
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