Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930

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Author, lecturer, and Lincoln biographer of Greencastle, Indiana. Collaborated with William Henry Herndon on Herndon's Lincoln (1889). Author of The Real Lincoln (1922).

From the description of Correspondence, 1887-1921, 1948. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 59284104

Author, lecturer and Lincoln biographer of Greencastle, Indiana. Collaborated with William Henry Herndon on Herndon's Lincoln (1889). Author of The Real Lincoln (1922).

From the description of Papers, 1833-1929. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 23124659

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William Henry Herndon

1818 December 25 Born, Greensburg, Ky. 1820 Moved to Illinois 1821 Moved to Sangamon County, Ill. 1825 Moved to Springfield, Ill. 1836 1837 Student, preparatory department, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill. 1840 Married Mary Maxcy (died 1861) 1844 Admitted to bar and formed law partnership with Abraham Lincoln 1854 Elected mayor of Springfield, Ill. 1862 Married Anna Miles 1889 Coauthored with Jesse W. Weik Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.) 1891 March 18 Died, Springfield, Ill.

Jesse William Weik

1857 August 23 Born, Greencastle, Ind. 1875 A.B., Indiana Asbury (now DePauw) University, Greencastle, Ind. 1883 A.M., Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind. 1880 Admitted to bar but never practiced 1889 Coauthored with William H. Herndon Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.) 1892 Published Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (New York: D. Appleton. 2 vols.), a revised edition of Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.) 1930 August 18 Died

Abraham Lincoln

1809 February 12 Born, Hardin County, Ky. 1816 Moved to Indiana 1830 Moved to Macon County, Ill. 1831 Moved to New Salem, Ill.; employed as storekeeper 1832 Served in Black Hawk War; became partner in Lincoln & Berry, a general store 1833 1836 Postmaster, New Salem, Ill. 1834 1836 Deputy county surveyor, Sangamon County, Ill. 1834 1841 Member, Illinois state legislature (Whig) 1836 Licensed as attorney 1837 Moved to Springfield and practiced law in partnership with John T. Stuart and later Stephen T. Logan 1842 Married Mary Todd 1844 Formed law partnership with William H. Herndon 1847 1849 Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Whig) from Illinois, Thirtieth Congress 1849 Resumed law practice 1856 Joined Republican party 1858 Unsuccessful Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in opposition to Stephen A. Douglas 1860 Elected president 1864 Reelected president 1865 April 14 Shot by John Wilkes Booth 1865 April 15 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana, circa 1824-1933, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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