EARLY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCON
Abraham Lincoln ( February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.
.In Kentucky and Indiana, Thomas worked as a farmer, cabinetmaker, and carpenter.[16] At various times, he owned farms, livestock and town lots, paid taxes, sat on juries, appraised estates, and served on county patrols. Thomas and Nancy were members of a Separate Baptists church, which forbade alcohol, dancing, and slavery.[17]
Overcoming financial challenges, Thomas in 1827 obtained clear title to 80 acres (32 ha) in Indiana, an area which became the Little Pigeon Creek Community.[18]At seventeen, Abraham left the family home for a while to work on a ferry across the Anderson River near its junction with the Ohio.[25][26]
At nineteen, he lost his sister Sarah, who died giving birth to her first child. In April 1828, he signed a contract with James Gentry, a neighboring settler, under which he was to bring a boat of agricultural products to New Orleans.[27] The journey lasted three months, during which he traveled with one of Gentry's sons to Ohio and then to Mississippi, where they had to face strong currents and an attack on their cargo. Back in Indiana, Abraham gave his father the $25 this contract earned him.[28]
In March 1830, when Abraham was 21, Thomas Lincoln decided to move to the fertile lands of Illinois, on the edge of the Sangamon River. His son helped him clear his new land. The following winter was harsh and the family remained stranded for several months by snow and ice
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