Nov 14, 20212 min read

How Abraham Lincoln spent his Early Childhood Life? | Life Stories of Great People (series) | B_C_

'Abraham Lincoln'

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. He led the country to victory during the American Civil War and Contributed profoundly towards ending slavery in America. The former President is also credited with establishing a 'Republican Form of Government' in America. Ranked among the greatest US Presidents, he was assassinated in 1865.

'Early Life'

Born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in backwoods Hardin County, Kentucky, Lincoln grew up on newly broken pioneer farms of the frontier. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a migratory carpenter and farmer. Little is known of his mother, Nancy Hanks, who died in 1818, soon after the family settled in the wilds of what is now Spencer County, Indiana. Thomas Lincoln soon married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow. She was a kind and affectionate mother to Abraham. Abraham had almost no formal schooling but he taught himself, repeatedly reading small stack of books. His first glimpse of the wider world came in a voyage downriver to New Orleans on a flatboat in 1828. In 1830, the Lincolns moved to Macon County, Illinois.

In 1831, the young Lincoln settled in the village of New Salem. There he began working in a store and managing a mill. His sincerity and capability won respect that was strengthened by his ability to hold his own in the roughest society. Later in New Salem, Lincoln was a partner in a grocery store; he also became a surveyor, was village postmaster, and did various odd jobs, including rail splitting. All the while, he improved his education and studied law.

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