Show birthplace IS SOLD KENTUCKY FARM UNDER HAMM HAMMER ER HOUSE IN WHICH ABRAHAM LIN LINCOLN COLN WAS BORN 1 a 1 atea reek rock spring farm in laure county kentucky on which this historic log cabin stands me was sold at public auction recently cepro I 1 from front ida it tarbell Tar bells a I 1 arl art I 1 life lie of lincoln published ly by S 8 8 S mcclur new I 1 tork ork idock siring string farm farin on which aira airs ham harn I 1 lincoln was born hae has inen licen wold sold cy by handley for 3 R J collier of new york mas as th purchaser fr there were three othi othir r bidders on he the properly property john N bur ton of 1 NV D frost of chicago and 11 J mcdermott cDermott I of new lorl ork in n kersta ten at mr lir collier will rot got possession posies eslon sion in december lie ile has hits not bet et decided what be he will do with it and proba bly it was bought as an investment In estment the farm contains acrea acres and the price wae aas not much more than the property Is worth for farming purposes ee just previous to the ale gale chicago partia telegraphs d to haie base the farm bought for them but the arrangements could not be perfected in time ginee the birth of lincoln on beb leb auary 1 12 1809 the farm farril had change hands alco thomas lincoln the father ot of tho the president Preel dent soll the land to 0 o richard chard creel about he dini the lincoln family moved to indiana tho the property continued in the hands I 1 of this family until like if I 1 ten ears ago ahen hen A W donnette dannette I 1 if f new now lork ork bought the tile place for during lie last decade or no ea tinny miny attempts have been made to perfect plans looking to the converting of the he into a national park and while title these efforts have aroused some comment nothing substantial has hai resulted the farm derives ltd its name from a large spring about yards irom train iho the log cabin tn in which lincoln was born in its present elate state the tract Is cut by a broad thor ough fare two miles on the north ie Is tilt village of kentucky with till a population of about 1000 A branch of the illinois central con necta the town alth A ith the outside world and a combination freight fr ight and e passenger train makes two trips dally daily to cecilia seventeen nilles miles aay awny the records c il hardin county show hat that tit tin firm was boucht by thomas lincoln in 1803 with funds which be had earned as a carpenter thomas I 1 lincoln ai not et ct 25 showing that he was a man pos hessed seed of more than ordinary thrift instead of care less and shiftless as sonic some bolograph blo graph ers have base depicted him hint |