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Abraham Lincoln Early Life Facts. Lincolns elder sister was called Sarah. This ultimate achievement however was not necessarily evident in his early years. At over 6ft tall Abraham Lincoln was built to be a fighter. To Springfield Illinois stopping for observances in major cities of the North.
His parents Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were farmers. On the other hand Lincolns dad was only literate enough. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 1809 in a one room log cabin on Nolin Creek in the southeast of Hardin County in the state of Kentucky. May 1 Lincoln was nominated the Illinois Whig candidate for congress. He was the second born son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in a backwoods cabin in Kentucky.
He was not given a middle name.
When Lincoln was seven his family moved to Indiana and cleared land for a new farm. Abraham Lincolns Early Life Lincoln was born on February 12 1809 to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County Kentucky. On the other hand Lincolns dad was only literate enough. Abraham had an older sister Sarah and a brother Thomas who did not survive infancy. He entered the Illinois House of Representatives for Sangamon County on Whig Party ticket in 1834 and was the member of the state legislature till 1842. During his campaign to become President of the United States a young girl named Grace Greenwood Bedell Billings wrote Lincoln a.