Abraham Lincoln
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was born on February 12,1809, in Hardin County,
Kentucky. He grew up with his older sister, Sarah. His father, Thomas, had
died. He was a very skilled carpen-ter, but little was known about his
mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
Lincoln's life near Little Pigeon Creek was not easy for him and his
family. Abraham was raised to work on a far ....
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.... Lincoln was born in 1843 and died in 1926.
Edward Baker Lincoln lived from 1846-1850, William Wallace Lincoln lived
from 1850-1862, and finally, Thomas Tad Lincoln lived from 1853-1871.
In February 1860, Lincoln made his first major political appearance in
the Northeast, when he addressed a rally at Cooper Union in New York. He
was now well-known to be a presidential candidate. At the Republican
National Conven-tion, in Chicago, Lincol ....
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Number of pages: 2 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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