James Riley Lincoln and Margaret Gibbons were married on December 26, 1857, in Hancock County, Illinois, by C. Schilling, Catholic Priest.  Marriage Certificate

Margaret Gibbons was born July 24, 1835, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Hancock County, Illinois, near Joetta, May 28, 1902.  She was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois.  Death Certificate   Obituary

Margaret's father's surname was Gibbons and, from the 1880 and 1900 census listings for Margaret, he was born in Ireland.  According to information apparently provided by her daughter, Alice Lincoln McManus, Margaret Gibbons Lincoln was a first cousin to James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, 1834-1921, son of Thomas Gibbons and Bridget Walsh.

Margaret's mother was Margaret Boyd.  Margaret Boyd married (second) John Kelly; he named Margaret Gibbons Lincoln in his will shortly before his death in 1862.

The children of James Riley Lincoln and Margaret Gibbons were:

i.	Stephen Thomas Lincoln, born November 21, 1859, in Illinois, probably in Hancock County, on the Lincoln homestead east of Fountain Green.  He died January 2, 1945, in Oklahoma; burial at Fairland Cemetery, Fairland, Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
ii.	William Lincoln, the second child, who died at the age of 3.  There is a stone in St. Simon Cemetery which may bear the name William.
iii.	John Robert Lincoln, born January 6, 1863, on the Lincoln homestead east of Fountain Green.  He died April 13, 1938, in Fort Scott, Kansas, burial at Calvary Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock County.
iv.	Mary Catherine Lincoln, known as Kate, born about 1865; died in California between April 1, 1930, and April 13, 1938.
v.	Charles Richard Lincoln, born about 1869; died before September 21, 1957.  Note the discrepancy in the 1900 census, in which his birth date was shown as September 1871. Enumerated as Richard in the 1870 census, his age was reported as 9/12, having been born the previous September.
vi.	Alice V. Lincoln, born April 22, 1873.  She married Thomas F. McManus on January 23, 1901, in Hancock County, at her sister's home near Joetta.  Alice died September 21, 1957, in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa.  Burial at Calvary Cemetery, Carthage.
vii.	Carrie Lincoln, born April 22, 1873, died in 1923.

Household of F. Lincoln
males 0 thru 4 - 1     [Charles]
males 5 thru 9 - 1     [James R]
males 15 thru 19 - 1     [Thomas]
females 0 thru 4 - 1     [Amanda]
females 10 thru 14 - 2     [Mary Rowena & Emily]
females 15 thru 19 - 1     [Elizabeth]
females 40 thru 49 - 1     [Frances]
Total - 8
Persons involved in agriculture - 1

Frances Lincoln, 51, female, value of real estate 1000, born KY
Thomas J, 28, male, farmer, born KY
Elizabeth, 26, female, born KY
Emily S, 21, female, born IL
James R, 15, male, born IL, attended school within the year
Charles P, 13, male, born IL

John Kelly, 40, male, farmer, value of real estate 1000, born Ireland, could not read and write
Margaret, 38, female, born PA, could not read and write
Margaret Gibbons, 14, female, born MD, attended school within the year
Stephen Kelly, 7, male, born IL, attended school within the year
Mary J, 5, female, born IL, attended school within the year
John, 3, male, born IL
Frances S, 1, female born IL

James Lincoln, 26, male, farmer, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate 800, born IL
Margaret, 24, female, born PA
Stephen, 2, male, born IL

Lincoln, James, 36, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 3000, value of personal estate 500, born IL, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Margaret, 30, female, white, keeping house, born IL
Stephen, 11, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
John R [or B], 7, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Mary K, 5, female, white, born IL
Richard, 9/12, male, white, born IL, born Sep
Frances, 71, female, white, retired H.K., born KY
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Lincoln, Susan E, 41, female, white, weaver, born IL

Lincoln, James R, white, male, 44 (? hard to read), married, farmer, born IL, both parents
born KY
Margaret, white, female, 41, wife, married, keeping house, born MD, father born Ireland, mother born MD
Stephen T, white, male, 21, son, single, farmer, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD
John R, white, male, 17, son, single, farmer, attended school within the year, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD
Mary C, white, female, 15, daughter, single, at home, attended school within the year, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD
Charles, white, male, 9, son, single, attended school within the year, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD
Allice, white, female, 7, daughter, single, attended school within the year, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD
Carrie, white, female, 7, daughter, single, attended school within the year, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD

Lincoln, James, head, white, male, Oct 1833, 66, married for 42 years, born IL, both parents born KY, farmer, could read, write and speak English, paying on a mortgage on his farm home, farm schedule 58

Margaret, wife, white, female, July 1836, 63, married for 42 years; mother of 7 children, 6 living; born MD, father born Ireland, mother born PA, could read, write and speak English

Charles, son, white, male, Sept 1871, 28, single, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD, could read, write and speak English

Carrie F, daughter, white, female, April 1874, 26, single, born IL, father born IL, mother born MD, could read, write and speak English