Sarah Anne Cassingham was born 1 Apr 1842 near Frazeysburg, Muskingum, Ohio. Anne, as she was known, is the daughter of Thomas Cassingham (Jr.) and Mary E. Morrison. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She later joined with the United Brethren. She died 5 Oct 1916 in Colusa, Hancock, Illinois. About 8 Oct 1916, she was buried in Durham Cemetery, Durham, Hancock, Illinois.

On 29 Jan 1860, she married Willis Pritchet Lincoln in Hancock County, Illinois. Willis was born 25 Sep 1836 in Pilot Grove, Hancock, Illinois. He is the son of Nathan Lincoln and Susan Sears. He died 5 Dec 1905 at the age of 69 in Colusa, Hancock, Illinois and is buried at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Hancock, Illinois.

Children of Sarah Anne Cassingham and Willis Pritchet Lincoln:

1. Theodore Eugene Lincoln was born in Jun 1861 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois.
2. Isaac W. Lincoln was born 10 Nov 1864 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois. He died there the next day, 11 Nov 1864.
3. Lura B. Lincoln was born in Aug 1866 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois.
4. Olive M. Lincoln was born about Mar 1870 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois.
5. George Nathan Lincoln was born 29 Oct 1873 in Durham, Hancock, Illinois.

Mystery

The 1900 Census [Dallas, Hancock, IL. P 2] lists a grandson, Clarence A. Lincoln, age nine, born Oct 1890 in Illinois. Unforunately, we know nothing of this child. Whose son is he?

Sources

Sarah: Marriage from the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Sarah: 1850 Census. Jackson, Muskingum, Ohio. Page 331.
• Willis: 1850 Census. Hancock County, Illinois. Page 382.
• 1860 Census. Durham, Hancock, Illinois. Page 954.
• 1870 Census. Durham, Hancock, Illinois. Page 25.
• 1880 Census. Durham, Hancock, Illinois. Page 2.
• 1900 Census. Dallas, Hancock, Illinois. Page 2.
• 1910 Census. Dallas, Hancock, Illinois. Page 18.