Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring farm, south of Hodgenville in Hardin County, Kentucky. His two siblings were Sarah Lincoln Grigsby and Thom
Young Lincoln statue in Senn Park, Chicago
Lincoln's stepmother, Sarah
Lincoln's father, Thomas
Replica of Lincoln's birthplace near Hodgenville, Kentucky
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Thomas Lincoln Sr. was an American farmer and carpenter. His son Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Unlike some of his ancestors, Thomas could not write. He struggled to make
Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln
…Thomas Lincoln, Jr. After a land title dispute forced the family to leave in 1811, they relocated to Knob Creek farm, eight miles to the north. By 1814, Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father, had lost most of his land in Kentucky in legal disputes over land titles. In 1816, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, their nine-year-old…
Samuel Lincoln House, land purchased in 1649.
Mordecai Lincoln House (1733) in Lorane, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Cabin which formerly stood on Race Street, North of the bridge over Valley Creek, Elizabethtown. Drawn by George L. Frankenstein from nature, in 1865, when tradition said it was the dwelling of Thomas Lincoln after his first marriage.