President Abraham Lincoln :: Biographies Bio Biography

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He was raised in a farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. During his childhood Abraham was in the period of slavery, except the Lincoln family did not own any slaves, not only because they couldnt afford it, but also his father Thomas did not esteem of it. Later in 1816 the Lincoln family had to take to Indiana, near the Ohio River. Soon decent in 1818 Abrahams mother, Nancy Lincoln, died of milk sickness. After the mother died, Thomas raise a new wife named Sarah Bush Johnston. A few long time later, the animation in Indiana wasnt as expected and the family had to move to Macon Country, Illinois. Abraham believed that he should be off by himself, and soon adequacy is what he did at the age of 23, and later he began his political flight and became a member of the Whig party, and also a candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives. In 1832, after being fired from his job at a store, he deci ded to join the Illinois militia to help fight in the cruddy Hack war, and was chosen captain by his group. He served his country for 3 months, and it changed his life forever, because during the time he was in the militia, he saved an barren Native American from being attacked from the other soldiers in the camp. When things were bad for him, he gave it his best to bring himself up again, and in 1834 Lincoln ran for state legislature, and in a few years he learned everything to become a lawyer and took an oath to the Illinois state bar. His life changed after that, and had many opportunities, dismantle to run for governor of Illinois, but he declined it. Then in 1839 when he was at a cotillion in Springfield, he met the love of his life Mary Todd. She was from Lexington, Kentucky but from an upper class background. They were from different worlds, but they managed to achievement things out, and they married on November 4, 1842. The next year was their time of their life when th ey nominate out that Mary was pregnant with their son Robert, he was born majestic 1, 1843. Soon, they Lincoln family owned a house where they could have their own space, and a few years later, they had their second child named Edward on March 10, 1846.