There is no record of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, ever visiting Wabash, Indiana, either as president or when he lived in Indiana between 1816 and 1830. From the age of seven to 21, Lincoln resided in Spencer County, Indiana, in southern Indiana, about 240 miles from Wabash in the northern portion of the state. Yet a bronze statue of The Great Emancipator stands on the courthouse lawn in Wabash, Indiana. Wabash native Alexander New had the statue commissioned in memory of his parents, Isaac and…
