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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the son of Thomas and Nancy hanks Lincoln and he was named for his paternal grandfather. His dad Thomas Lincoln was a carpenter and farmer. -
Thomas and Nancy hanks Lincoln
Both of Abraham's parents were members of a Baptist congregation which had separated from another church due to opposition to slavery. -
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
In 1818 Nancy Hanks Lincoln died from milk sickness, a disease obtained from drinking the milk of cows which had grazed on poisonous white snakeroot. -
Abe Linclons sister shara
In 1828 Abe Lincoln sister died when she gave birth to her chiled. He moved Illinois In 1830 Abe Lincoln -
Black Hawk war
He impressed the residents with his character, wrestled the town bully, and earned the nickname "Honest Abe." Lincoln, who stood nearly 6-4 and weighed about 180 pounds, saw brief service in the Black Hawk war, and he made an unsuccessful run for the Illinois legislature in 1832. -
he became a Republican.
He ran again in 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1840, and he won all four times. Lincoln was a member of the Whig Party; he remained a Whig until 1856 when he became a Republican. -
Ann Rutledge
Additionally, he studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer in 1836. Stories that Lincoln had a romance with a pretty girl named Ann Rutledge may well be true. Sadly, Ann died in 1835. -
New Orleans
The next year Lincoln made a second flatboat trip to New Orleans. Afterwards he moved to new Salome, Illinois where he lived until 1837