Marvin Nell Darnell papers, 1928-1932 (bulk dates).
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...
Darnell, Marvin Nell, 1880-1957.
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State official, clubwoman. Born in Adair county, Ky., Marvin Nell moved to Frankfort in 1896, and married James Samuel Darnell in 1901. She was appointed director and executive secretary of the first Kentucky State Park Commission by Governor Flem Sampson in 1928. As such, she was instrumental in securing federal funds for the George Rogers Clark federal monument at Pioneer Memorial State Park in Harrodsburg. She also participated in the dedication of the Lincoln Marriag...
Kentucky State Park Commission.
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