Biography Of Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. The family moved to Indiana and 8 year old Abe helped his father build another log house. A year later his mother died and the house was very empty. His father remarried and in addition to his sister Sarah, who was 3 years older, there were now 3 more children in the family.
When his father could spare him from chores, Lincoln attended school. Schools were held in log cabins, and often the teachers were barely more educated than their pupils. Including a few weeks at a similar school in Kentucky, Lincoln had less than one full year of formal education in his entire life.
Lincolns stepmother encouraged his quest for knowledge. At an early age he could read, write, and do simple arithmetic. Books were scarce on the Indiana frontier, but besides the family Bible, which Lincoln knew well, he was able to read the classical authors.
At the age of 19, being 6 ft. 4 in, lean and muscular, Abraham Lincoln......
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