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Lincoln and Lamon Guard to Rise in Kentucky Tales
The piece chronicles Ward Lamon as Lincoln's bodyguard and details Lamon's role in Lincoln's journey to Washington. It recounts Lamon's vigorous defense of the president elect, his later life, and the Lincoln family's ancestry including Maryland-born, Kentucky-raised origins, along with a broader look at the Lincolns' early years in Hardin and Mercer counties.
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Raham Lincoln
Ward Lill Lamon
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Scheivwerdas
Mary
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Abraham Linevin
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Holland
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Mercer
Farber
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Berle
Nancy Hanks
Joseph Abinks
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Jonston
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John Hanks
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Hhey
Elizabethtown
Sarah
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