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Lincoln is born
On February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln is born in a one room log cabin, in Kentucky. -
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Abraham Lincoln
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Brother?
A brother, Thomas, is born but dies in infancy. -
School
Young Abraham attends a log school house. -
Hunting
Abraham Lincoln age 7, goes hunting, and ends up shooting a wild turkey, but feels bad about it a nevers hunts again. -
Mom Died
On October 5th, 1818 Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies of Milk sickness. Which is fatal when a human drinks milk from cattle which has ate a poisonous plant -
New Wife/mom
On December 2nd, Abraham's father, Thomas, marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston, and becomes stepfather to her three children. -
School
Age 11 Lincoln now breifly attends school -
Info
Abraham, now 15, and called 'Abe' by his friends, does plowing and planting and work-for-hire for neighbors -
Moving
n March, Abe and his family begin a 200-mile journey to Illinois where they settle on uncleared land along the Sangamon River, near Decatur -
General assembly
In March, Abraham Lincoln becomes a candidate for the Illinois General Assembly -
new store
On August 6th, he loses the election for General Assembly. The village store he worked in goes out of business. Lincoln and partner, William Berry, purchase another village store in New Salem. -
Fail
The new store fails, leaving Abe badly in debt. -
law
On August 4th, Abraham Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party. He begins to study law -
Partner Dies
In January, former store partner William Berry dies, increasing Lincoln's debt to $1,000 -
re-elected
n August 1st, Lincoln is re-elected to the Illinois General Assembly and by now is a leader of the Whig Party -
Breaks off.
January 1st, Abe breaks off the engagement with Mary Todd. -
Dad
January 17th, Lincoln's father dies -
Lincoln Bocomes President
Lincoln was eleceted in 1860. It was a shock to some people that Lincoln was chosen to run for president for the republican party. -
Lincoln Died.
On April 14th, 1865 President Lincoln was assassinated By John Wilks Boothe. President Lincoln was in Ford’s Theatre, in Washington DC. John Wilkes Boothe shouted "Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants!) The South is avenged,". But Prseident Lincoln did not die untill the next day which was April
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Prseident Lincolns Funeral.
President Lincoln was carried by a train to his homestate of Illinois. He went through Seven states and 180 cities.
