. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . he Indians hadwon peace for Indiana, and heavyimmigration set in. When Indianawas admitted as a state, in 1816,she had a population of 65, Lincoln farm was in Perrycounty, with the county-seat at^^ Troy, but afterward that part of the county was set off and became a xwiiLi; A u.)v IX INDIANA. of Speucer county, with the county- seat at Rockport. twenty miles 1821, a state road was ma
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . he Indians hadwon peace for Indiana, and heavyimmigration set in. When Indianawas admitted as a state, in 1816,she had a population of 65, Lincoln farm was in Perrycounty, with the county-seat at^^ Troy, but afterward that part of the county was set off and became a xwiiLi; A u.)v IX INDIANA. of Speucer county, with the county- seat at Rockport. twenty miles 1821, a state road was made, connecting Evansville and Corydon. which wasthen the state capital. In 1823, another road was built, connecting Rockport andBloomington. These roads crossed just about a mile and a half from ThomasLincolns farm. The land near the cross-roads had been secured from the gov-ernment by James Gentry, and the cross-roads made it a valuable trade 1823, Gideon Romine started a store, and succeeded in getting a post-office in1824. He soon sold his store to Gentry, after whom the place was named. DennisHanks helped to hew the logs for the first store-room in CHAPTER V. SCHOOL-DAYS IN INDIANA. ABRAHAM LINCOLN began his school life in Indiana in 1819, soon afterhis stepmother came to the home. He was naturally quick in the acquisitionof any sort of knowledge, and it is likely that by this time he could read andwrite a little. Mrs. Lincoln perceived that he was an unusually bright boy, andencouraged him all she could in his studies, and it was due to her efforts that hewas able to attend school at all. It was necessary for him to work most of thetime on the farm or in the shop, or hire out as a common laborer, in order tohelp support the family. If all the days which Abraham Lincoln attendedschool were added together, they would not make a single years time, and henever studied grammar or geography or any of the higher branches in , writin and cipher
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