Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born on February 12, 1809 and died April 15, 1865. He served from March 1861 to his assassination in April 1865. He led the country through the Civil War. He was one of many unforgettable presidents who changed the direction of the country.
Born on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was the second child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln living in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. His blood dates back to an Englishman by the name of Samuel Lincoln who had migrated from Norfolk, England to Massachusetts in 1638. His family lived through generations of migrations from Massachusetts, through New Jersey, and Virginia. Thomas was a well-respected …show more content…
Him losing his mother was devastating and he grew more alienated from his father and quietly was bitter towards the hard work placed on him at an early age. Thomas then married Sarah Bush Johnston a few months after Nancy’s passing. Johnston was a widow with three children of her own. Abraham and Sarah Johnston both bonded for she was a strong and affectionate woman. Both Thomas and Sarah weren’t able to read. Sarah encouraged Abraham …show more content…
Abraham Lincoln worked as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad as its company attorney. Criminal trials were also done by him. A witness claimed that he could identify Lincoln’s client who was accused of murder due to the intense light of the full moon. He was then referred to an almanac and proved that the night in question had been too dark for anyone to see anything clearly. His client was acquitted.
Lincoln courted Mary Owens about a year after Anne Rutledge’s death. Marriage was considered, though they were seeing each other for a few months. As time passed, Lincoln had called off the match. Abraham met a high spirited, well-educated woman from a distinguished Kentucky family named Mary Todd in 1840. The two were engaged. Lincoln questioned himself of Mary’s attraction in the beginning. As well as her friends. He called off the engagement in 1841 however. The two met again a year later on November 4, 1842. They married and had four children. Only one survived to Adulthood,
Born on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was the second child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln living in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. His blood dates back to an Englishman by the name of Samuel Lincoln who had migrated from Norfolk, England to Massachusetts in 1638. His family lived through generations of migrations from Massachusetts, through New Jersey, and Virginia. Thomas was a well-respected …show more content…
Him losing his mother was devastating and he grew more alienated from his father and quietly was bitter towards the hard work placed on him at an early age. Thomas then married Sarah Bush Johnston a few months after Nancy’s passing. Johnston was a widow with three children of her own. Abraham and Sarah Johnston both bonded for she was a strong and affectionate woman. Both Thomas and Sarah weren’t able to read. Sarah encouraged Abraham …show more content…
Abraham Lincoln worked as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad as its company attorney. Criminal trials were also done by him. A witness claimed that he could identify Lincoln’s client who was accused of murder due to the intense light of the full moon. He was then referred to an almanac and proved that the night in question had been too dark for anyone to see anything clearly. His client was acquitted.
Lincoln courted Mary Owens about a year after Anne Rutledge’s death. Marriage was considered, though they were seeing each other for a few months. As time passed, Lincoln had called off the match. Abraham met a high spirited, well-educated woman from a distinguished Kentucky family named Mary Todd in 1840. The two were engaged. Lincoln questioned himself of Mary’s attraction in the beginning. As well as her friends. He called off the engagement in 1841 however. The two met again a year later on November 4, 1842. They married and had four children. Only one survived to Adulthood,