Abraham “Abe” Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Lincoln was born and raised in his parent’s one bedroom cabin on their farm in Sinking Spring, Kentucky (now known as Hodgenville, Kentucky). Lincoln’s father who lacked a proper education was a great farmer and carpenter and frequently served as a jury member. His parents joined a Baptist church in the area that had later split apart due to slavery. When Lincoln was two his family moved to a nearby farm known as Knob Creek Farm. His father had complications with obtaining a title for the farm so they had to relocate to Pigeon Creek, Indiana. Lincoln helped his father build a cabin there. Two years later Lincoln’s mother died from “milk …show more content…
He was paid eight dollars a month for this job. That job showed him that it was more to life than the Indiana frontier and it also shaped his views on slavery as he witnessed the auctions and treatments of slaves. In 1830 Lincoln’s father relocated the entire family to Illinois after he had a fear that there was another milk sickness outbreak. After a rough winter Lincoln left his father’s farm and set out on his own adventure. Lincoln got a job steering a flatboat from Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana. While leading construction with two other boys Lincoln received recognition from the residents of New Salem where he learned by drilling a hole in the boat he was able to float the stuck of the boat over Rutledge’s dam. While walking home from St. Louis an owner of a flatboat was fascinated with Lincoln and hired him as a clerk in his New Salem store. While in New Salem Lincoln made a great deal of friends, enhanced his grammar. He was known as the “master story-teller”. In August 1982 he decided to become a candidate for one of the four representatives in Sangamon County in the Illinois Legislature. Lincoln had only been a resident for nine …show more content…
John Wilkes Booth who was a confederate sympathizer originally planned to kidnap the president. He decided to kill Lincoln when he seen how much Lincoln supported the former slaves. On April 14, 1865 booth attended Our American Cousin at the Ford’s theater and waited for the perfect opportunity to assassinate the president in the president’s box. When booth assassinated Lincoln in the back of the head, Lincoln fell over and his wife Mary Lincoln caught him. When booth tried to escape his boot caught on to something and broke his leg. While he was limping out of the theater Booth shouted out “Sic Semper Tyrannis” which means “Thus Always to Tyrants” in Latin. That phrase is the motto of the state for
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 and died on April 15, 1865. He was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He also had a older sister named Sarah and a younger brother named Thomas. Due to a land dispute, his family moved to Perry County, Indiana when he was 7. Lincoln had little formal education, but was an avid reader. Lincoln's mother died when he was only 9 due to milk sickness. She died at age 34. After this, Lincoln grew very depressed and resented the labor his father gave him. A few months after Lincoln's mother's death, his father married a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston. She had 3 children of her own. Lincoln bonded with her and grew happy again.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. His parents were in low the social class and they didn’t make a good income at the time. During his childhood, his family moved many times. First they moved to Indiana and then they moved to Illinois. Lincoln had a mother named Nancy Hanks, but she died when Lincoln was still a little boy. Lincoln’ father, Thomas, remarried to Sarah Bush Johnston, who helped Lincoln in his early childhood. Later in his life, he moved to New Salem, Illinois and set up as a store clerk there. When the Black Hawk War started 1832, he became the captain of his volunteer company, serving for three months but seeing no active duty.
Abraham Lincoln was born Feb 12, 1809, in Hardin Country, Kentucky. “He was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves. His rise from humble beginnings to achieving the highest office in the land is a remarkable story.” (biography.com). When Abraham Lincoln was young, his family was poor. Everything changed after Abraham Lincoln’s mother’s death, and his father married a new wife. Thomas Lincoln’s new wife gave Abraham Lincoln the ability to go to school, and sent him back and forth everyday. After school ended, Thomas
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He moved between Kentucky and Indiana a little bit with his family and also traveled with his friend when he was old enough to do so. In 1831 he settled down in New Salem where he lived for 6 years, until he moved to Springfield, Illinois. He was a member of the Whig party, where under the guise of John T. Stuart, he studied law, obtaining licensure in 1836, and a year later became Stuart’s partner. He was successfully part of the Springfield legislature and when he retired, had a successful law practice. He also served one term in Congress but after that term was done, he was so discouraged by the embarrassing political reputation he’d created for himself in his opposition of the
Lincoln’s early life had less than a year of education, but he was still a very smart man. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. Abe didn’t grow up as an only child. He had a brother named Thomas Lincoln Jr., and a sister named Sarah Lincoln. Sadly, Sarah died at the age of 18 giving birth to a baby that also died. Abraham had a dad and a mom. His mom’s name was Nancy Lincoln who died at 34 when she got milk sickness from a cow. His dad’s name was Thomas Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln moved three times. They first moved to a another log cabin in Kentucky that wasn’t that far from their old house. Abraham was only a toddler when his family packed their bags and moved. Then, they moved to Indiana in 1816 because Indiana was about to join the Union and become a state. Later, in Abraham’s life, he moved to Springfield, IL where he lived the rest of his life until he went to the White House. Abraham Lincoln’s
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was born into a poor family and grew up in a small-scale log cabin. Lincoln was forced to move to Perry County, Indiana when he was a young boy. When he was just nine years old his mother died from a milk sickness. If Lincoln did not endure this devastation he wouldn´t have the drive he needed to become a hard working at such a young age (History.com 1).
Abraham Lincoln was born in a small log cabin in Kentucky. When he was almost 8 years old, the family (which included an older sister) moved to southwestern Indiana. There Abe helped his father clear the land and build a cabin. Abe's mother died when he was 9. The next year, his father married Sarah Bush Johnston, a
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Kentucky. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Abraham had two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother who died in infancy. His family was forced to move from Kentucky to Indiana in 1817. His family settled on public land where they had shelter, hunted game, and farmed a little bit of land. Abe’s father eventually bought the land. In 1818, when Abraham was just nine years old his mother died of milk sickness. Abraham’s father eventually married again in 1819 to Sarah Bush Johnston. Sarah was very strong and affectionate, Abe
Abraham Lincoln was born near Hodgenville Kentucky on February 12, 1809, but seven years later his father had the family move to Indiana, where his father was a farmer. Due to his bad eyesight, Thomas Lincoln would make his son do the majority of the work. When he could, Abraham Lincoln would spend his free time reading books far into the night. Lincoln did not have much education due to being a poor farmer, but was very intellectual and known for his honesty. At age 21, due to health and financial problems, Thomas Lincoln again moved his family, this time to Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln grew up on a small farm in Kentucky. Lincolns mother died when he was just nine years old. Thomas Lincoln, Abraham Lincolns father, soon married Sarah Bush Johnston. She was kind towards Lincoln. Abraham had a very little amount of schooling in his childhood, but it was enough so that he could teach himself how to read and write. Abraham went on a small trip to New Orleans. Shortly after, he moved to the village of New Salem, Illinois. Lincoln eventually earned the respect of the village, and they chose him to be the captain of the volunteer company in the Black Hawk War.
Lincoln’s early life. As quoted from History.com, “Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky” (“Abraham Lincoln”), to his parents Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. They moved around and eventually settled in another small cabin the backwoods’ of Indiana. As said by biography.com, “Where the family "squatted" on public land to scrap out a living in a crude shelter, hunting game and farming a small plot,” (“Abraham Lincoln biography”). Lincoln’s father was able to buy the land that they had settled on. A year after his mother’s death (Nancy Lincoln) he grew far apart from his father. His father then married a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston, who encouraged Lincoln to read and write. Lincoln worked hard most of his life. He became very smart
On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in a log cabin. As a child Lincoln spends more time with his mother; Lincoln’s mother died in 1818 when he was nine. Lincoln had hard times with his father Thomas Lincoln. Lincoln moved to his older sister Sarah, instead of staying with his father Thomas (“Lincoln”). Soon Sarah died during childbirth in January 1828. Lincoln then had no choice but to move back with his father Thomas (“Abraham”). Thomas did not support Abraham’s schooling because Thomas assumed Abraham would be a farmer. Lincoln educated himself, by reading books (“Lincoln”).
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. The family was forced to move to Perry County, Indiana in 1816 over a land dispute. When Lincoln was 9 years old, his mother died of tremetol (a milk sickness) at the age of 34. His formal schooling was limited to three brief periods in school for about eighteen months. There was little reading material in the wilderness, so Lincoln would sometimes walk for miles to borrow a book. In 1830, he moved to Macon County, Illinois where he worked on a riverboat hauling freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. He then settled down in Salem, Illinois where he worked as a postmaster and a shopkeeper.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father was Thomas Lincoln a farmer and a carpenter and his mother was Nancy Hands and they were married on June 12, 1806. Lincoln had one sister named Sara and a brother Thomas, who died as an infant. In 1816, a lawsuit stating Thomas and Nancy did not have title to the farm in Kentucky and the family moved to an impoverished area in Indiana. The family squatted on public land, built a cabin and finally was able to purchase the land the cabin was built on. Lincoln helped work the land, planted crops, hunted and fished for the family’s food source.
Lincoln was born in Hodgenville Kentucky U.S.A February-12-1809.Abraham Lincoln moved a lot throughout his life he Lincoln lived in hodgenville Kentucky,Nolin creek,and Gentryville.Lincoln's parents Thomas Lincoln and step mom Sarah Lincoln.In his childhood he choped wood.