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Re: Pvt Lincoln of 10th VA Cav.

Yes. Their grandfathers were brothers.

According to family files at Ancestry.com:

Benjamin Franklin Lincoln of Company H, 10th Virginia Cavalry
Born: November 12, 1813 in Dayton, Virginia
Died: September 10, 1864
Son of David Lincoln, born 1781 at Linville's Creek, Virginia
Grandson of Jacob Lincoln, born 1751 in Pensylvania

Jacob Lincoln was the brother of President Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, also named Abraham, who was born in 1744 in Pennsylvania. Their father John Lincoln immigrated to Virginia in the 1760's.

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