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on this day,febuary 12,1809,abraham lincoln was born in a log cabbin in kentucky
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1812 - Lincoln's brother, Thomas died as a young kid.
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1817 - moved to Perry county,indiana,with his sister,mother,father,and abraham himself
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1818 - October 5, Mrs. Thomas Lincoln (Nancy Hanks) died.
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1819 - Thomas (dad of abe)marries again to mrs. johnson (sarah bush johnson)
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1826 - Lincoln's sister Sarah marries aron grisby in Indiana.
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1828 - Lincoln's sister sarah dies while having a child
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1830 - lincolns family moved to Illionois.
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1831 - Worked for self: boatbuilding and sailing, carpenteriblacksmith, river-pilot, logger, in Indiana.
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1832 - First political speech
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1834 - Elected to State legislature as whig (a political group)
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1835 - Postmaster, in new salem
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1842 - Married Miss Mary Todd, of Kentucky. Of the four sons, Edward;died ; William ("Willie") at twelve at Washington; Thomas ("Tad") and robert,who became a priest
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1846 - Elected to Congress, the single Whig Illinois member. p.s hi mrs,moulttie:3
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1851 - Lincoln's father Thomas dies in Illinois at age of 73.
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1854 - Won the State over to the Republicans.
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1861 - March 4, inaugurated sixteenth President
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1862 - September 22, emancipation proclamation
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1863 - January 1, emancipation proclaimed. November 19, Gettysburg Cemetery address.
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1865 - March 4, inaugurated for the second term. April 14, assassinated in Ford's Theater,then burried in washington
