Abraham Lincoln was familiar with the story of his mother's birth. In his brief Autobiography Lincoln spoke with reserve of his mother. All that he says of her is this:
"My mother was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom reside in Adams, some in Macon County, Illinois."
But once in 1850 in a buggy with Herndon, his law partner, to plead a case in the Menard County Court which touched upon hereditary traits, Lincoln told Herndon that his mother was the daughter of Lucy Hanks and a well-bred but obscure Virginia planter. He argued that from this last source, his unknown Grandfather on his mother's side, Lucy Hanks' lover, came his power of analysis, his logic, his mental activity, his ambition, and all the qualities that distinguished him from the other members and descendants on the Hanks family.
Abraham Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches.
George Washington's height registered six feet three and one-half inches when measured for his coffin. http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/project/faq/index.html
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