. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1902 . L. -V ^ |i^.-;.;!lp^ 1 ! ^ ! -:^,ji^w=*^-r- ■ ABRAHAM LINCOLNWith official portrait engraved from copy of original in steel. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin Count3^ Ky., February 12,1809. His earliest ancestor in America was Samuel Lincoln, of Norwich,England, who settled in Hingham, Mass., where he died, leaving a son,Mordecai, whose son of the same name removed to Monmouth, N. J.,and thence to Berks County, Pa., where he died in 1735. One of hissons, John, removed to Rockingham County, Va., and died
. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1902 . L. -V ^ |i^.-;.;!lp^ 1 ! ^ ! -:^,ji^w=*^-r- ■ ABRAHAM LINCOLNWith official portrait engraved from copy of original in steel. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin Count3^ Ky., February 12,1809. His earliest ancestor in America was Samuel Lincoln, of Norwich,England, who settled in Hingham, Mass., where he died, leaving a son,Mordecai, whose son of the same name removed to Monmouth, N. J.,and thence to Berks County, Pa., where he died in 1735. One of hissons, John, removed to Rockingham County, Va., and died there, leavingfive sons, one of whom, named Abraham, emigrated ^.o Kentucky about1780. About 1784 he was killed by Indians, leaving three sons, Morde-cai, Josiah, ind Thomas, and two daughters. Their mother then locatedin Washington County, Ky., and there brought up her family. Theyoungest sen, Thomas, learned the trade of a carpenter, and in 1806 mar-ried Nancy Hanks, a niece of the man with whom he learned his had three children, the second being Abraham, the future Presidentof the United States. In 1816 Thomas Lincoln removed to Indiana, andsettled on Little Pigeon Creek, not f
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