The Life of Abraham Lincoln

In 1830, Lincoln moved with his family to Illinois and left in 1831 to find work, he got hired to build a flatboat at Sangamon Town (Hickey, 2013). A year later, he was nominated to legislature, but was defeated among thirteen candidates. Between 1833 and 1834 Lincoln was a postmaster, elected for public as a representative to The Illinois House of Representatives and bought a store in New Salem with partner William F. Berry. Already political involved he was elected for a second term in the legislature in 1836. He learned the traits of law in the office of Stuart and Dummer in Springfield, MS., began to practice law in 1839, and argued his first case in The Illinois Supreme court (White, 2009). His marriage to Mary Todd in 1842 produced four children, Robert and Edward. In 1847, Abraham Lincoln issue a resolution to President Polk on behalf of the House. The intention was to clarify if the first blood that was shed on the Mexican War was on American soil or Mexican claimed territory. Lincoln lost the U.S. senate in 1858, to his old friend Stephen Douglas. Elected to the presidency in 1860, he arrived secretly in Washington in February 23 due to treats against his life. Fort Sumter is attacked and Lincoln calls for the militia of several Union states to arms, beginning a Civil War that would last for over two years. .he is one of the most admired presidents. In February 1, 1965 Lincoln approved the thirteen amendment, abolishing slavery in the states,

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

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

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12th, 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a one-room cabin on their farm known as Sinking Spring. Thomas Lincoln (Abraham's father) was a farmer and carpenter. In 1816 the family moved to Indiana where seven year old Lincoln helped his father build a log cabin. Two years later the family moved and his mother fell ill and later died of a milk sickness. In 1819, his father remarried, to his new wife Sarah Bush Johnston. Sarah brought her three children from a previous marriage to live with Abraham and his sister. Abraham saw her as a mother figure. (Early Life, 2014)

He then moved to Illinois and built another boat and worked as an independent operator of it. He then began living by himself in New Salem, Illinois

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

On February twelfth 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born in a homey log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Lincolns father could be described as a strongly determined pioneer1, who was well respected to his peers. Lincolns mother had a harder time finding work in the community, as did many women at this time. Lincoln was the middle child with an older sister Sarah and a younger brother Thomas who died as an infant. The Lincoln family soon moved after Abrahams birth to Perry County, Indiana in 1817. A year after moving to Indiana Abrahams mother died of tremetol, she was only thirty-four years old. The loss of Abrahams mother led him to resent his father for the hard work that he placed upon him. Only a year after the down spiral of the Lincoln family, Lincolns

Abraham Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809 (Nicolay 4). When he was seven years old his mother died. (Nicolay 14). His education was never the best. Most people would said he education was very little in school (“Abraham Lincoln”). When he was at school one day he got dare to touch the mounded buck above the door. When he did so he hung on the antlers and broke the them. His honesty didn't get him in trouble. From that day on he was called “Honest Abe” (Ostendorf

It was at this point that Abe decided he was man enough at 22 years of age to live on his own. Abe now needed to work and make a living for himself, so he went into a laborious job. He became a lumber jack swinging an ax, cutting down trees for fencing, firewood and various other things. As time moved forward Lincoln moved to another destination to call his home. This wasn't a large but a rather small town called New Salem, Illinois. Here Abe work in a shop he maintained, was a postmaster,and then when time had past enough he became the owner of the general store. This was a turning point in Lincoln’s life, Abe was forced to have a lot of social interaction with a majority of the local and traveling public who came through the small town. This is where he learned the ability of talking and telling tails that drew people in and made him well know for his

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.

Lincoln only had about one year of formal education; otherwise he was self-taught in education. He would walk miles to borrow books to read. Some of his favorites were, Parson Weems’s Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, and Aesop’s Fables.

Abraham Lincoln, Son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, was born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County Kentucky. Lincoln was one of three siblings, following his older sister, Sarah Lincoln and his younger brother Thomas who died in infancy.

Younger years - His mom, Nancy Lincoln, died when he was 9. Abraham also moved to Indiana when he was 7.

The perils of frontier life were brought home to the Lincolns in 1818 when the "milk sickness" visited southern Indiana. This illness spread through the milk of cows that had ingested the white snakeroot plant, and its symptoms included nausea, paralysis and eventual death. Nancy Hanks Lincoln was taken ill with it and died on October 5, 1818. Thomas Lincoln fashioned a crude coffin for her and Abraham, at the age

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. As a child, he grew up in Perry County, Indiana. He eventually moved to New Salem, Illinois. During that time he got about eighteen months of formal education. At the age of thirty-three, Lincoln married Mary Todd on November 4, 1841. In 1842, the marriage was suddenly