Important dates in Abraham Lincoln's Life

  • Abraham Lincoln is born in a one-room log cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky.

  • In spring, the Lincoln family moves to a 230-acre farm on Knob Creek ten miles from Sinking Spring.

  • In February, Abraham, age 7, shoots a wild turkey but suffers great remorse and never hunts game again.

  • Abraham's father, Thomas, marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston, and becomes stepfather to her three children. Abraham develops much affection for his stepmother.

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