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Lincoln's sister Sarah is born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
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Thomas Lincoln and Nacy Hanks marry in Kentucky.
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Abraham Lincoln was born at 2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgeenville, KY 42748. Which is a one room log cabin in Nolin Creek in Kentucky.
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Nancy Hanks, Abraham LIncolns mother dies and is buried in Spencer County, Indiana.
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Thomas LIncoln marries Sarah Bush Johnson
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Lincoln's sister Sarah marries Aaron Grigsby in Indiana.
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Lincoln's sister Sarah dies in childbirth at age 20.
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March, Lincoln family move into Illinois, near Decatur.
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Election clerk at New Salem. Captain and private (re-enlisted) in Black Hawk War. Store clerk and merchant, New Salem. Studies for the law.
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Works for himself: boatbuilding and sailing, carpentering, hog-sticking, sawmilling, blacksmithing, river-pilot, logger, etc., in Menard County, Indiana.
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First political speech. Henry Clay, Whig platform. Defeated through strong local vote. Deputy surveyor, at three dollars a day, Sangamon County.
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Elected to State legislature as Whig. (Resides in Springfield till 1861. Law partner with John L. Stuart till 1840.)
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Postmaster, New Salem; appointed by President Jackson.
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Reelected to State legislature.
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Partner in law with S. T. Logan.
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Married Miss Mary Todd, of Kentucky.
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April 14, assassinated in Ford's Theater, Washington, by a mad actor, Wilkes Booth.
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April 19, body lay in state at Washington.
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Lincoln's widow Mary dies in Sprngfield, Illinois at age 63.
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His only grandson, Abraham, died in London, March, 1890.
