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was born on February 12,1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. He grew up with his older sister, Sarah. His father, Thomas, had died. He was a very skilled carpen-ter, but little was known about his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Lincoln's life nea ....

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... as an Illinois legislator. Two years later he made it as a Whig. As a Whig, he supported the Second Bank of the United States (The Illinois State Bank). Abraham later married on November 4,1842. He married Mary Todd. They were married for sixty-four years. In those sixty-four years, they had four children. Robert Todd Lincoln was born in 1843 and died in 1926. Edward Baker Lincoln lived from 1846-1850, William Wallace Lincoln lived from 1850-1862, and finally, Thomas Tad Lincoln lived from 1853-1871. In February 1860, Lincoln made his first major political appearance in the Northeast, when he addressed a rally at Coope ...