LINCOLN, Abraham

1809 - 1865  (56 years)

• Name	LINCOLN, Abraham
  Born	12 Feb 1809	Near Hodgenville, Hardin (Now Larue), Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Apr 1865	Washington, Dc
  Person ID	I7844	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	LINCOLN, Thomas,   b. 8 Jan 1778, Linville Creek, Agusta County, Virginia ,   d. 17 Jan 1851, Goose Nest Prairie, Coles County, Illinois  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	HANKS, Nancy,   b. 5 Feb 1784, Amelia, Campbell County, Virginia ,   d. 5 Oct 1818, Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana  (Age 34 years)
  Married	12 Jun 1806	Washington County, Kentucky
  Family ID	F2833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He volunteered and became a Captain in the Black Hawk War of 1832. Hecommented afterwards th at he saw no live, fighting Indians, but had agood many bloody struggles with the mosquitoes. Abe Lincoln had a passion for learning. He only had one year of formalschooling, but he woul d walk for miles to borrow books to teach himselfmath, science, and law.