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Abraham Lincoln is born
he was born in a small one room log cabin in Hodgenville Kentucky -
family moves to a 230 acre farm
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Lincoln family moves to Indiana
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Death of his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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Abraham gets a stepmother
Thomas Lincoln marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston -
Lincoln family moves to Illinois
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Becomes a candidate for Illinois General Assembly
he ends up loosing the election -
Abe joins the Illinois Militia
the Black Hawk war had just started -
Abe is elected to the Illinois General Assembly
this was his second try -
Lincoln recieves his law license
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Abe moves to Springfield Illinois
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Admission to US Circuit Court
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Marries Mary Todd
in Springfield -
Lincoln's first child born
Robert Todd Lincoln -
Lincoln's second child is born
Edward Baker Lincoln -
Elected to the US House of Representatives
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Leaves politics
to practice law in Springfield -
Death of Edward Baker Lincoln
age 3 -
Lincoln's third child is born
William Wallace Lincoln -
Lincoln's last child is born
Thomas Lincoln -
Assists in the formation of the new Republican party in Illinois
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Abraham Lincoln elected as 16th US president
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William Wallace Lincoln dies
age 11 -
Abraham Lincoln is shot
he was in the midle of watching the play "Our American Cousin" and the time was arounf 10:13 p.m.
He dies the next morning