The Lincoln Blacksmith

An early 1900s blacksmith in Lincoln Arkansas.

 This photo of the blacksmith shop was taken somewhere between 1913 and 1918. In the Lincoln history book, Ben and Tom Hardin are shown as the blacksmiths. In the 1910, U.S. Census, it says that Tom owned the blacksmith shop and was a blacksmith. He also owned the house they both lived in at the time. Benjamin did odd jobs as a laborer. Tom was 50 (born in 1860) and Ben was 38 (born in 1872). Benjamin lived in Lincoln in 1900, was a farmer and lived alone. But we know from the 1910 Census that Tom was still married, and Benjamin was divorced.