Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnston

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Indiana Sarah Elizabeth Johnston

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 18, 1864 (57)
Coles, Coles, Illinois, United States
Place of Burial: Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Daniel Johnston and Sarah Lincoln
Wife of Dennis Friend Hanks
Mother of Sarah Jane Hanks; John Talbot Hanks; Nancy Melvina Hanks; Harriet Ann Chapman; Amanda Elizabeth Hanks and 3 others
Sister of Matilda Anne Hall; John Johnston and John Daniel Johnston, Sr.

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About Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnston

Dennis Hanks (1799-1892) married 1821 in Indiana Sarah Elizabeth Johnston (1807-1864), President Lincoln's step-sister, the oldest daughter of Daniel Johnston and his wife Sarah Bush, who in 1818 became the second wife of Thomas Lincoln.

Their children who survived childhood were:

  1. Sarah Jane Hanks (1822-1907).
  2. John Talbot Hanks (1823-1915). Settled in California, then Oregon.
  3. Nancy Hanks (1824-?).
  4. HARRIET HANKS (1826-1915). Resided in the Abraham Lincoln household in Springfield, Illinois in 1844-46, while attending school. Married 1847 Col. Augustus H. Chapman of Coles County.
  5. Amanda Hanks (1833-?).
  6. Mary Hanks.
  7. Charles Hanks (1841-1870).
  8. Theophilus Hanks (1849-?).
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Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnston's Timeline

1807
January 9, 1807
Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
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May 5, 1823
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1864
December 18, 1864
Age 57
Coles, Coles, Illinois, United States