Abraham Lincoln : a character sketch . e little household. It was here that Abraham Lincoln was born. Themanger at Bethlehem was not a more unlikely birth-place. And here he remained until he was four yearsold, and then the elder Lincoln migrated to another farmsome six miles from Hodgensville, on Knob Creek,whoseclear waters flowed at length into the Ohio, twenty-fourmiles below Louisville. This new move that might haveproved advantageous—for the banks of the creek and thevalleys of the region gave great promise of fertility—was like Thomas Lincolns other experiences; only sixacres out of the
Abraham Lincoln : a character sketch . e little household. It was here that Abraham Lincoln was born. Themanger at Bethlehem was not a more unlikely birth-place. And here he remained until he was four yearsold, and then the elder Lincoln migrated to another farmsome six miles from Hodgensville, on Knob Creek,whoseclear waters flowed at length into the Ohio, twenty-fourmiles below Louisville. This new move that might haveproved advantageous—for the banks of the creek and thevalleys of the region gave great promise of fertility—was like Thomas Lincolns other experiences; only sixacres out of the two hundred and thirty-eight that madeup the farm, were worked, and no permanent title to theland was acquired by him. After four years a new mi-gration began, this time to Indiana. During these years of Kentucky life young Lincolnsdevelopment went on with none of the modern aids. Afew days of schooling each summer at the hands ofZachariah Riney and Caleb Hazel were all the opportu-nities that Kentucky offered him. During the re-. The early home of Lincoln in Elizabethtown, Raymonds Life of Lincoln. io ABRAHAM LINCOLN. mainder of his time he vegetated. In the fall of1816, the spirit of change came over Thomas Lin-coln once more. He had had some experience as aflat-boatman on two trips to New Orleans, and thoughtto move in that way. He used his skill in car-pentry for the construction of a flat-boat, convertedhis personal property into four hundred gallons ofwhiskey, and started with his tools and his whiskey, was ship-wrecked on the raging Ohio but righted hisboat, rescued most of his whiskey and a few of his tools,and floated down to Thompsons Ferry two and a halfmiles west of Troy, in Ferry County, Indiana. Sixteenmiles distant from the river, he found a place that he re-garded a promising location. Thence he started backon foot for his wife and children, and on borrowed horseshe brought the few remaining effects of his family, theirclothiug and bedding
Size: 1401px × 1784px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectpresidents, bookyear1
