Abraham Lincoln and his Legacy

Born on February 12th,1809 to parents Nancy and Thomas Lincoln is Abraham Lincoln, America's future president. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. His mother later died on October 5th, 1818 from tremetol, a milk sickness. All Abraham had left was his father. His schooling was brief as he had to work to help support his family. Abraham hated the hard work he was subjected to at such a young age. While Abraham was completely devastated by his mother's death, his father moved on quite quickly. Lincoln's father married a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston on December 1819. Abraham bonded with her in no time because of the affection that was given to him. Abraham and his family had to move to southern Illinois because of a land dispute which took place in 1817. They ended-up squatting on the new land as his father had no money to purchase it. In 1830, the family moved to Macon County, Illinois and again to Coles County. At the age of twenty-two, Lincoln got a job to haul freight down the Mississippi to New Orleans on a river flatboat. After he moved to New Salem, Illinois on his own and got a job as a shopkeeper, postmaster and then general store owner. It was there the journey began. Lincoln acquired the necessary social skills and popularity from his story-telling. In 1832 the Black Hawk War broke out between the Native Americans and the United States and the people in the area chose Lincoln to be their Captain. He then became very interested in Politics and a supporter of the Whig Party. In 1834, he was elected as a member of the Whig Party. Lincoln had this great plan for the United States where they focused more on cities and commerce. Abraham Lincoln passed his bar exam in 1836 from teaching himself law. He worked as a lawyer in Springfield and made himself the reputation as ?Honest Abe'. The next important event in his early life is his marriage because on November 4th, 1842 he married Mary Todd.

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