Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 31 May 2003

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John R. Lincoln, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the place where he now lives, June 10, 1831; is a son of Isaac and Eliza (Robertson) Lincoln. He is a native of Philadelphia and she of Stafford Co., Va. Isaac was a son of Abraham Lincoln, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Eliza was a daughter of John Robertson, who was a Scotchman by birth, and had set sail from America on his return home to his native land, and as he was never heard of afterward, it is supposed perished in the ocean. Isaac Lincoln emigrated to Ohio and located at Cincinnati in 1822; in 1828, he removed to Warren County and located on the farm where John R. now lives; here he did a great amount of labor and pioneer work in opening out his farm from the woods, and here he resided till his death, July 8, 1857, aged 70 years. Mr. L. was twice married; first to Margaret Smith, issue, two daughters – Elizabeth and Jane. His wife died in March, 1829. By his second wife he had one child – John R.; she died Aug 3, 1849, aged 58 years. Our subject was raised and grew to manhood on the farm where he now lives; was married March 24, 1870, to Miss Harriet, daughter of George and Eunice Zell, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of George Zell in this work. By this union they have three children – Eunice E., born July 22, 1872; Grace A., born March 10, 1876 and Isaac W., born Oct 12, 1877. Mr. Lincoln, after his marriage, located on the old home place, where he still resides, and has made a continued residence from his birth, a period of half a century. Thus the farm upon which his father first located still remains in the ownership of his son.

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