Abraham+Lincoln


 * Abraham Lincoln**

Young Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12,1809 to two farmers Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks in southeastern Kentucky. Abe was born and raised a Seperate Baptist. In 1816 Abraham moved to Indiana

Marriage: Nov. 4, 1842, to Mary Todd (1818-82) Children: Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926); Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-50); William Wallace Lincoln (1850-62); Thomas "Tad" Lincoln Nickname: "Honest Abe"; "Illinois Rail-Splitter"

He studied law in his spare time and became a lawer in 1836.


 * Basic information about Abraham lincoln**

In Springfield in 1839 Lincoln met Mary Todd and married and over the next 11 years he had four children