The captain was killed in an Indian raid in 1786.
Thomas then worked at odd jobs in Kentucky and Tennessee before the family settled in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the early 1800s. The heritage of Lincoln's mother Nancy remains unclear, but it is widely assumed that she was the daughter of Lucy Hanks.
Thomas and Nancy married on June 12, 1806, in Washington County, and moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Abraham Lincoln (; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Lincoln is remembered as a martyr and hero of the United States and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest presidents in American history. ==Family and childhood== ===Early life=== Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in a log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
In 1816, the family moved to Indiana where the land surveys and titles were more reliable.
Thomas and Nancy were members of a Separate Baptists church, which forbade alcohol, dancing, and slavery. Overcoming financial challenges, Thomas in 1827 obtained clear title to in Indiana, an area which became the Little Pigeon Creek Community. ===Mother's death=== On October 5, 1818, Nancy Lincoln succumbed to milk sickness, leaving 11-year-old Sarah in charge of a household including her father, 9-year-old Abraham, and Nancy's 19-year-old orphan cousin, Dennis Hanks.
Ten years later, on January 20, 1828, Sarah died while giving birth to a stillborn son, devastating Lincoln. On December 2, 1819, Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with three children of her own.
Thomas and Nancy were members of a Separate Baptists church, which forbade alcohol, dancing, and slavery. Overcoming financial challenges, Thomas in 1827 obtained clear title to in Indiana, an area which became the Little Pigeon Creek Community. ===Mother's death=== On October 5, 1818, Nancy Lincoln succumbed to milk sickness, leaving 11-year-old Sarah in charge of a household including her father, 9-year-old Abraham, and Nancy's 19-year-old orphan cousin, Dennis Hanks.
Ten years later, on January 20, 1828, Sarah died while giving birth to a stillborn son, devastating Lincoln. On December 2, 1819, Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with three children of her own.
He gained a reputation for strength and audacity after winning a wrestling match with the renowned leader of ruffians known as "the Clary's Grove Boys". In March 1830, fearing another milk sickness outbreak, several members of the extended Lincoln family, including Abraham, moved west to Illinois, a free state, and settled in Macon County.
In the early 1830s, he met Mary Owens from Kentucky. Late in 1836, Lincoln agreed to a match with Owens if she returned to New Salem.
In 1831, as Thomas and other family prepared to move to a new homestead in Coles County, Illinois, Abraham struck out on his own.
Later in life, Mary struggled with the stresses of losing her husband and sons, and Robert committed her for a time to an asylum in 1875. ==Early career and militia service== In 1832, Lincoln joined with a partner, Denton Offutt, in the purchase of a general store on credit in New Salem.
He later said of his legal education that "I studied with nobody." == Illinois state legislature (1834–1842)== Lincoln's second state house campaign in 1834, this time as a Whig, was a success over a powerful Whig opponent.
By 1835, they were in a relationship but not formally engaged.
She died on August 25, 1835, most likely of typhoid fever.
In the early 1830s, he met Mary Owens from Kentucky. Late in 1836, Lincoln agreed to a match with Owens if she returned to New Salem.
In 1837 he declared, "[The] Institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils." He echoed Henry Clay's support for the American Colonization Society which advocated a program of abolition in conjunction with settling freed slaves in Liberia. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1836, he moved to Springfield and began to practice law under John T.
On August 16, 1837, he wrote Owens a letter saying he would not blame her if she ended the relationship, and she never replied. In 1839, Lincoln met Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois, and the following year they became engaged.
In 1837 he declared, "[The] Institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils." He echoed Henry Clay's support for the American Colonization Society which advocated a program of abolition in conjunction with settling freed slaves in Liberia. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1836, he moved to Springfield and began to practice law under John T.
On August 16, 1837, he wrote Owens a letter saying he would not blame her if she ended the relationship, and she never replied. In 1839, Lincoln met Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois, and the following year they became engaged.
A wedding set for January 1, 1841 was canceled at Lincoln's request, but they reconciled and married on November 4, 1842, in the Springfield mansion of Mary's sister.
A wedding set for January 1, 1841 was canceled at Lincoln's request, but they reconciled and married on November 4, 1842, in the Springfield mansion of Mary's sister.
The oldest, Robert Todd Lincoln, was born in 1843 and was the only child to live to maturity.
Their party favored economic modernization in banking, tariffs to fund internal improvements including railroads, and urbanization. In 1843, Lincoln sought the Whig nomination for Illinois' 7th district seat in the U.S.
While anxiously preparing for the nuptials, he was asked where he was going and replied, "To hell, I suppose." In 1844, the couple bought a house in Springfield near his law office.
Logan, and in 1844 began his practice with William Herndon, "a studious young man". ==U.S.
Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie), born in 1846, died February 1, 1850, probably of tuberculosis.
Lincoln not only pulled off his strategy of gaining the nomination in 1846, but also won election.
Lincoln later regretted some of his statements, especially his attack on presidential war-making powers. Lincoln had pledged in 1846 to serve only one term in the House.
Realizing Clay was unlikely to win the presidency, he supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.
In 1849, he returned to his law practice but became vexed by the opening of additional lands to slavery as a result of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
In 1849, he received a patent for a flotation device for the movement of boats in shallow water.
Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie), born in 1846, died February 1, 1850, probably of tuberculosis.
Lincoln's third son, "Willie" Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died of a fever at the White House on February 20, 1862.
The youngest, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and survived his father but died of heart failure at age 18 on July 16, 1871.
From 1853 to 1860, one of his largest clients was the Illinois Central Railroad.
He reentered politics in 1854, becoming a leader in the new [of the Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party], and he reached a national audience in the 1858 debates against Stephen Douglas.
He reentered politics in 1854, becoming a leader in the new [of the Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party], and he reached a national audience in the 1858 debates against Stephen Douglas.
His legal reputation gave rise to the nickname "Honest Abe". Lincoln argued in an 1858 criminal trial, defending William "Duff" Armstrong, who was on trial for the murder of James Preston Metzker.
Armstrong was acquitted. Leading up to his presidential campaign, Lincoln elevated his profile in an 1859 murder case, with his defense of Simeon Quinn "Peachy" Harrison who was a third cousin; Harrison was also the grandson of Lincoln's political opponent, Rev.
Lincoln ran for President in 1860, sweeping the North in victory.
In 1860, Lincoln noted that the family's move to Indiana was "partly on account of slavery", but mainly due to land title difficulties. In Kentucky and Indiana, Thomas worked as a farmer, cabinetmaker, and carpenter.
From 1853 to 1860, one of his largest clients was the Illinois Central Railroad.
Abraham Lincoln (; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
House of Representatives (1847–1849)== True to his record, Lincoln professed to friends in 1861 to be "an old line Whig, a disciple of Henry Clay".
Lincoln's third son, "Willie" Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died of a fever at the White House on February 20, 1862.
Abraham Lincoln (; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
On April 14, 1865, just days after the war's end at Appomattox, Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., with his wife Mary when he was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln and some friends took goods by flatboat to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was first exposed to slavery. In 1865, Lincoln was asked how he came to acquire his rhetorical skills.
The youngest, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and survived his father but died of heart failure at age 18 on July 16, 1871.
Later in life, Mary struggled with the stresses of losing her husband and sons, and Robert committed her for a time to an asylum in 1875. ==Early career and militia service== In 1832, Lincoln joined with a partner, Denton Offutt, in the purchase of a general store on credit in New Salem.
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