ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 1809-1865

Education:  Had three months of education at Andrew Crawford's school, but other than that he was self-educated.

Immediate Family:    Thomas Lincoln - father
                                Nancy Hanks - mother
                                Sara Bush Johnston - step mom
                                Sarah Lincoln - sister
                                Thomas Lincoln - brother
                                Elizabeth, John D., and Matilda - step-brother and sisters

Marriage Family:  Mary Todd - wife
                                Robert - oldest son
                                Edward - son
                                William - son
                                Thomas "Tad" - youngest son, nicknamed "Tad" because his head was too big for his body he looked like a tadpole.
 

Profession: a whiskey sailsman, carpenter, riverboat man, merchant postmaster, blacksmith, Commander of Army in Blackhawk War, Elected to Illinois State Legislature, lawyer, and President of the United States

According to William Herndon..........
    - "Abe had no particular religion."
    - "By the time he was sixteen he had shot up to six feet, two inches tall, though he weighed only about hundred and sixty pounds."
    - "Lincoln was lazy, a very lazy man.  He was always reading, scribbling, writing, ciphering, writing poetry."

According to Mary Todd Lincoln.........
    - "Lincoln was slow and moody."
    - "The people aren't aware that his heart is as large as his arms are long."
 

Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln  (Touchstone, Rockefeller Center, New York  1996)

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