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Abraham
LINCOLN
(b.
12 February 1809
,
Kentucky, USA
d.
15 April 1865
,
Washington, DC, USA
)
Cause of Death: shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
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LINCOLN Family Genealogy
Abraham LINCOLN was born 12 February 1809 in Kentucky, USA. Abraham LINCOLN was the child of Thomas Herring LINCOLN and Nancy HANKS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham Flowers LINCOLN and Bathsheba HERRING
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham married Mary Ann TODD 4 November 1842 in Springfield, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Mary Ann TODD was born 13 December 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Mary Ann died 16 July 1882 in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Abraham LINCOLN died 15 April 1865 in Washington, DC, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
Born at Hardin (Larue) County, Kentucky
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois- Biography
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth President of the United States, was born in Hardin County, Ky., February 12, 1809. About the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham Lincoln left Virginia with his family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, and while still a young man, he was working one day in a field, when an Indian stealthily approached and killed him. His widow was left in extreme poverty with five little children, three boys and two girls. Thomas,...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894 
1809 Birth
12 February 1809
, Kentucky, USA
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1842 Marriage / Partner
Abraham LINCOLN and Mary Ann TODD 4 November 1842, Springfield, Illinois, USA- 1843 Birth of Child
Robert Todd LINCOLN was born 1 August 1843, Springfield, Illinois, USA - 1846 Birth of Child
Edward Baker LINCOLN was born 10 March 1846, Springfield, Illinois, USA 
1850 Death of Child
Edward Baker LINCOLN died 1 February 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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Mary Ann TODD-- Date: 4 November 1842 Place: Springfield, Illinois, USA
Children of Abraham LINCOLN and Mary Ann TODD:
Robert Todd LINCOLN (b.1 August 1843, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 26 July 1926, Manchester, Vermont, USA )
m. Mary Eunice HARLAN 24 September 1868 in Washington, DC, USA
Edward Baker LINCOLN (b.10 March 1846, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 1 February 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA)
William Wallace LINCOLN (b.21 December 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 20 February 1862, Washington, DC, USA)
Thomas "Tad" LINCOLN (b.4 April 1853, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 15 July 1871, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Mary Ann TODD-- Date: 4 November 1842 Place: Springfield, Illinois, USAChildren of Abraham LINCOLN and Mary Ann TODD:
Robert Todd LINCOLN (b.1 August 1843, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 26 July 1926, Manchester, Vermont, USA )m. Mary Eunice HARLAN 24 September 1868 in Washington, DC, USA
Edward Baker LINCOLN (b.10 March 1846, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 1 February 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA) William Wallace LINCOLN (b.21 December 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 20 February 1862, Washington, DC, USA) Thomas "Tad" LINCOLN (b.4 April 1853, Springfield, Illinois, USA d. 15 July 1871, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
1809 Birth
12 February 1809
, Kentucky, USA
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1842 Marriage / Partner
Abraham LINCOLN and Mary Ann TODD 4 November 1842, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1843 Birth of Child
Robert Todd LINCOLN was born 1 August 1843, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1846 Birth of Child
Edward Baker LINCOLN was born 10 March 1846, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1850 Death of Child
Edward Baker LINCOLN died 1 February 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1850 Birth of Child
William Wallace LINCOLN was born 21 December 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1853 Birth of Child
Thomas "Tad" LINCOLN was born 4 April 1853, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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1862 Death of Child
William Wallace LINCOLN died 20 February 1862, Washington, DC, USA
1866 Death
15 April 1865
Washington, DC, USA
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
1809 Birth 12 February 1809
, Kentucky, USA
Biography
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth President of the United States, was born in Hardin County, Ky., February 12, 1809. About the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham Lincoln left Virginia with his family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, and while still a young man, he was working one day in a field, when an Indian stealthily approached and killed him. His widow was left in extreme poverty with five little children, three boys and two girls. Thomas,...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth President of the United States, was born in Hardin County, Ky., February 12, 1809. About the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham Lincoln left Virginia with his family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, and while still a young man, he was working one day in a field, when an Indian stealthily approached and killed him. His widow was left in extreme poverty with five little children, three boys and two girls. Thomas,...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1842 Marriage / PartnerAbraham LINCOLN and Mary Ann TODD 4 November 1842, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1843 Birth of ChildRobert Todd LINCOLN was born 1 August 1843, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1846 Birth of ChildEdward Baker LINCOLN was born 10 March 1846, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1850 Death of ChildEdward Baker LINCOLN died 1 February 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1850 Birth of ChildWilliam Wallace LINCOLN was born 21 December 1850, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1853 Birth of ChildThomas "Tad" LINCOLN was born 4 April 1853, Springfield, Illinois, USA
1860
Name: Abraham Lincoln
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Dist No 16 City Of Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1809
Birthplace: Ky
Page: 140
Household ID: 989
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803226
Digital Folder Number: 004214993
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1860 U.S. Census
Name: Abraham Lincoln
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Dist No 16 City Of Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1809
Birthplace: Ky
Page: 140
Household ID: 989
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803226
Digital Folder Number: 004214993
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1860 U.S. Census
1860 - Civil War - On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.
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December 20, 1860
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December 20, 1860
1861 - March 4 - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) becomes 16th President of the United States.
Lincoln's inaugural address was stirring. He appealed for the preservation of the Union. To retain his support in the North without further alienating the South, he called for compromise. He promised he would not initiate force to maintain the Union or interfere with slavery in the states in which it already existed. Soon after, Lincoln received word that Fort Sumter, located in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, would have to be resupplied. The situation presented a problem, as tensions...Read MORE...
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March 4, 1861
Lincoln's inaugural address was stirring. He appealed for the preservation of the Union. To retain his support in the North without further alienating the South, he called for compromise. He promised he would not initiate force to maintain the Union or interfere with slavery in the states in which it already existed. Soon after, Lincoln received word that Fort Sumter, located in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, would have to be resupplied. The situation presented a problem, as tensions...Read MORE...
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March 4, 1861
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1862 Death of ChildWilliam Wallace LINCOLN died 20 February 1862, Washington, DC, USA
1862 - May 15 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed U.S. Department of Agriculture).
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May 15, 1862
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May 15, 1862
1862 - May 20 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
THE HOMESTEAD ACT - Letters are coming to the post offices in Nebraska, by hundreds, in which enquiries are made concerning the prospect of obtaining good quarter sections of land under the Homestead Act. The nearest good lands now available are about an average of eight miles from the river. -- The best lands; those having plenty of timber are along the upper branches of the Nemahas, on Salt Creek and the Blue. There are acres enough of better soil than can elsewhere be found on this continent ...Read MORE...
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Nebraska Advertiser
Brownville, Nebraska
June 19, 1862
THE HOMESTEAD ACT - Letters are coming to the post offices in Nebraska, by hundreds, in which enquiries are made concerning the prospect of obtaining good quarter sections of land under the Homestead Act. The nearest good lands now available are about an average of eight miles from the river. -- The best lands; those having plenty of timber are along the upper branches of the Nemahas, on Salt Creek and the Blue. There are acres enough of better soil than can elsewhere be found on this continent ...Read MORE...
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Nebraska Advertiser
Brownville, Nebraska
June 19, 1862
1862 - July 1 - The Bureau of Internal Revenue, the forerunner of the Internal Revenue Service, is established in the United States
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Pacific Railway Acts, authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
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July 1, 1862
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Pacific Railway Acts, authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
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July 1, 1862
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within the rebellious states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'...
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863,...Read MORE...
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January 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within the rebellious states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'...
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863,...Read MORE...
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January 1, 1863
1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
By the President of the United States,
A PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever ...Read MORE...
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The Liberator
Boston, Massachusetts
October 9, 1863
A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
By the President of the United States,
A PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever ...Read MORE...
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The Liberator
Boston, Massachusetts
October 9, 1863
1866 Death 15 April 1865
Washington, DC, USA
Abraham is buried at:
Name: Abraham Lincoln
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1865
Event Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States of America
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Birth Date: 12 Feb 1809
Death Date: 15 Apr 1865
Affiliate Record Identifier: 7376
Cemetery: National Museum of Health and Medicine
"Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BTZV : accessed 28 June 2015), Abraham Lincoln, 1865; Burial, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, United States of America, National Museum of Health and Medicine; citing record ID 7376, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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