When was Abraham Lincoln born?
February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. See the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site for more information. Did he have any brothers and/or sisters? Yes. His sister, Sarah, was born on February 10, 1807 and died in childbirth on January 20, 1828, along with her child. His brother Thomas died in infancy in 1812. Abraham Lincoln’s father, Thomas Lincoln, married Sarah Bush Johnston on December 2, 1819, after the October 15, 1818 death of Abraham and Sarah’s mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln had three children from her previous marriage: John, Matilda and Elizabeth (Abraham’s step-brother and step-sisters.) When, where and to whom did he marry? November 4, 1842 in Springfield, Illinois to Mary Todd. Mary Todd was born in Lexington, Kentucky on December 13, 1818. For more about their marriage, see “The Day Miss Todd Became Mrs. Lincoln”. Did they have any children? Yes. 1. Robert Todd Lincoln was born August 1, 1843 in Springfield, Illinois and he d
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) “I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.” Feb. 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln is born in a one room log cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky. The birth took place in the Lincolns’ rough-hewn cabin on Nolin Creek near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 (the same date as Charles Darwin), to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. He was born in a one-room log cabin on the 348 acre (1.4 km²) Sinking Spring Farm. The farm was in Nolin Creek, three miles (5 km) south of Hodgenville. This was the southeast part of Hardin County, Kentucky (now part of LaRue County), and was at that time considered the “frontier”. Lincoln was named after his deceased grandfather, who was scalped in 1786 in an Indian raid. He had no middle name. Lincoln’s parents were uneducated, illiterate farmers. Lincoln had one elder sister, Sarah Lincoln, who was born in 1805. He also had a younger brother, Thomas Jr, who died in infancy.
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