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Birth of sister
Lincoln's sister Sarah is born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. -
Parents Marriage
Thomas Lincoln and Nacy Hanks marry in Kentucky. -
Birth Place
Abraham Lincoln was born at 2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgeenville, KY 42748. Which is a one room log cabin in Nolin Creek in Kentucky. -
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Abraham Lincoln Birth to Death
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Death of Mother
Nancy Hanks, Abraham LIncolns mother dies and is buried in Spencer County, Indiana. -
Father remarries
Thomas LIncoln marries Sarah Bush Johnson -
Marriage of Lincolns sister
Lincoln's sister Sarah marries Aaron Grigsby in Indiana. -
Lincolns sister dies
Lincoln's sister Sarah dies in childbirth at age 20. -
Lincoln family moves
March, Lincoln family move into Illinois, near Decatur. -
Enlisted
Election clerk at New Salem. Captain and private (re-enlisted) in Black Hawk War. Store clerk and merchant, New Salem. Studies for the law. -
Works for himself
Works for himself: boatbuilding and sailing, carpentering, hog-sticking, sawmilling, blacksmithing, river-pilot, logger, etc., in Menard County, Indiana. -
First Political speech
First political speech. Henry Clay, Whig platform. Defeated through strong local vote. Deputy surveyor, at three dollars a day, Sangamon County. -
Election to state legislation
Elected to State legislature as Whig. (Resides in Springfield till 1861. Law partner with John L. Stuart till 1840.) -
Postmaster
Postmaster, New Salem; appointed by President Jackson. -
1838 to 1840
Reelected to State legislature. -
Partner in law with S. T. Logan.
Partner in law with S. T. Logan. -
Married Miss Mary Todd,
Married Miss Mary Todd, of Kentucky. -
Proposed for Congress.
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Assassination
April 14, assassinated in Ford's Theater, Washington, by a mad actor, Wilkes Booth. -
After death
April 19, body lay in state at Washington. -
Lincolns widow dies
Lincoln's widow Mary dies in Sprngfield, Illinois at age 63. -
Abrahams grandson dies
His only grandson, Abraham, died in London, March, 1890.
