Power, J. C. "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois")
1876
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Abraham Lincoln built the boat spoken of in his biography. He began in
March, 1831, just as the deep snow went off. Mr. Roll made the pins for
putting the boat together. They made a canoe to go with the boat as a
yawl. John Seaman and Walters Carman got into it to take the first ride.
It upset with them, and floated away while they took refuge in a tree.
Lincoln saved them by swimming to the tree with a log, having a long rope
attached. After getting all on it, those on shore drew it in.
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1875. James L. Carman went from Salisbury, and enlisted in 1861, in Co. E,
14th Ill. Inf., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan. 4, 1864,
served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, May 21,
1865.
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LEVINIA,[BUCKMAN] born Dec. 22, 1819, in [Potsdam],New York, married in
Sangamon county, Dec., 1835, to Waters Carman. They had four children, and
she died. He moved to Oregon.