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The body and infobox say he was born and lived his first years in Kentucky. Yet the caption to the photo of a log cabin say he was born and lived a few years in Indiana. GAs should not have this type of discrepancy. 70.161.8.90 (talk) 16:49, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the photo and (incorrect) caption were added in the same edit, to be precise.
The footnote takes us to abrahamlincolnonline.org, which says,
Only the foundation of a Lincoln cabin remains in Indiana. The National Park Service maintains the homestead property and its living history farm as the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.
So the photo does not include anything of the cabin that Lincoln lived in. I don't think any purpose is served by this photo (and caption) in this Lincoln biography. Bruce leverett (talk) 23:58, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The lead says "Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky, and was raised on the frontier, mainly in Indiana."
The infobox only states he was born in Kentucky.
Family and childhood section states "Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in a log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky." and subsequent paragraph states "Thomas Lincoln bought multiple farms in Kentucky, but could not get clear property titles to any, losing hundreds of acres of land in property disputes. In 1816, the family moved to Indiana," and "In 1860, Lincoln noted that the family's move to Indiana was "partly on account of slavery", but mainly due to land title difficulties. In Kentucky and Indiana,"
In the Education and move to Illinois section it states when Lincoln was 21 the family moved to Illinois because of a fear of milk sickness etc. "In March 1830, fearing another milk sickness outbreak, several members of the extended Lincoln family, including Abraham, moved west to Illinois, a free state." One year later Lincoln "struck out on his own".
The cabin was moved from elsewhere according to the National Park service, so it's actually not a replica (as the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial states but rather a representative building of the era:
This re-created 1820s homestead is on four of the original 160 acres owned by Thomas Lincoln. A cabin and outbuildings from the 1800s were moved from elsewhere in Indiana and reassembled here." - [1]
The National Register Nomination Form (1976) [2] written by David Arbogast, a Historical Architect, states "HS-3 Log Cabin. A one-and-a-half story, one-room cabin of square hewn logs. It has a stone fireplace with a stick and clay clay chimney. Reconstructed in 1968, ..."
So, the caption should read something along the lines of "The farm site in Indiana where Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln family lived for 14 years, from 1816 until 1830." Though the building itself is not Lincoln's actual home it is of the era and very representative of what the Lincolns lived in. - Shearonink (talk) 07:42, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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