… education and an interest in politics. She learned how to read and write and enjoyed poems most. She was also very resourceful by helping her husband on difficult problems.Abigail was born on November 11 on the Julian calendar, or November 22 on the…

… old. He had two brothers: Nahor and Haran. The family of Terah is a direct descendant of the Shem, whose line of ancestry can be traced all the way back to Adam and Eve. Before his circumcision, Abraham’s name was Abram. Abram married Sarai, who…

… Abraham Lincoln. He was born Feb 12, 1809. He walked to a log school house every day where he learned to read and write. In 1816 he moved to Little Piegon Creek in Indiana. His mother died of "milk sickness". His father rode back to Elizabeth…

… the most triumphant musician in the city of Vienna, however, without any warning his harmonious universe comes to an utter halt. Salieri’s absolute faith in the world, in himself, and in God is all at once diminished by this spontaneous child…

… that made the United States a more unified nation, and a more peaceful place to be. Lincoln was a man of great wisdom and determination, and these traits are what made him into one of the greatest peacemakers of the time. Lincoln issued the Emancipatio…

… February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was a weird looking man; he was tall, thin, big-bones and strong. His face was homely, his skin was dark and his hair was black, coarse, and standing on end. He was the son of Thomas…

… 12, 1809 in Kentucky. When he was two, the Lincoln’s moved a few miles to another farm on the old Cumberland Trail. A year later, his mother gave birth to another boy, Thomas, but he died a few days later. When Lincoln was seven his family moved…

… who steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, the son of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln, pioneer farmers. At the age of two he was taken by his…

… from Hingham, England and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1637. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia in 1778. His grandfather was also named Abraham and he was killed by a Native American while clearing land for…

… such as Indiana lay claim to his birth, most sources agree that Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a backwoods cabin in Hodgeville, Kentucky. In an interview during his campaign for the presidency in 1860 Lincoln described his adolescence…