Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln 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 Lincoln's life near Little Pigeon Creek was not easy for him and his family. Abraham was raised to work on a farm. Out there, he said, there was nothing that would actually educate him. He attended some schools (less than a year al-together). He learned how to read, write, and code, but that was all. Later on, in 1818, his mother passed away and the follow-ing year his father married a Kentucky widow, Sarah Widow, who in Abraham's words "was a good and kind mother". In 1830, Abraham left India and moved on to Illinois. Lincoln tried various occupations and served briefly in the Black Hawk War. Lincoln lost in 1832 as an Illinois....

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