Abraham Lincoln BORN: February 12, 1809 BIRTHPLACE: Hardin County, Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln's Childhood and Education
Family Father: Thomas Lincoln - farmer and carpenter Mother: Nancy Hanks – His stepmother - Sarah Bush Johnston. Wife: Mary Todd Children: Robert Todd - lawyer and diplomat; William Wallace - the only president's child to die, and Thomas "Tad" - died at 18.
1860 presidential election
Emancipation Proclamation
the Civil War (1861 - 1865)
Five days after the War ended, on the 15 of April in 1865 President Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre in Washington. Five days after the War ended, on the 15 of April in 1865 President Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre in Washington.
Lincoln's tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery