ABRAHAM LINCOLN BORN IN KENTUCKY
Hodgenville, Kentucky (JFK+50) On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln and future president of the United States, was born in a log cabin here in Hodgenville*.
The cabin was located on Thomas Hank's 348 acre farm at Sinking Springs. Abraham Lincoln would be the first president born outside the thirteen original colonies.
Abraham was named after his grandfather who had been killed in a frontier Indian attack. The family moved 10 miles northeast to Knob Creek in 1811 and then again to Indiana in 1816. On October 5, 1818, Lincoln's mother died at the age of 34 of the milk sickness.
Thomas would later marry a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston. They moved to Macon County, Illinois and then to Coles County where Thomas would spend the rest of his life.
Abraham never got along with his stern father who died in 1851 at the age of 73. He did not attend the funeral. Sarah Bush Lincoln, with whom Abraham got along well, died at the age of 80 in 1869.
"I think it is most appropriate...we should meet in the shadow of a distinguished Republican, Abraham Lincoln, because we believe that his spirit motivates our party in the great election 100 years after he assumed the responsibility of office."
*Hodgenville (aka Hodgensville 1826-1904) sits on the Nolin River & was named after Robert Hodgen who built the first mill on the site.
Hodgenville, Kentucky (JFK+50) On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln and future president of the United States, was born in a log cabin here in Hodgenville*.
The cabin was located on Thomas Hank's 348 acre farm at Sinking Springs. Abraham Lincoln would be the first president born outside the thirteen original colonies.
Abraham was named after his grandfather who had been killed in a frontier Indian attack. The family moved 10 miles northeast to Knob Creek in 1811 and then again to Indiana in 1816. On October 5, 1818, Lincoln's mother died at the age of 34 of the milk sickness.
Thomas would later marry a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston. They moved to Macon County, Illinois and then to Coles County where Thomas would spend the rest of his life.
Abraham never got along with his stern father who died in 1851 at the age of 73. He did not attend the funeral. Sarah Bush Lincoln, with whom Abraham got along well, died at the age of 80 in 1869.
During the presidential campaign of 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy spoke at the Lincoln Monument Rally in Spokane, Washington. JFK said...
"I think it is most appropriate...we should meet in the shadow of a distinguished Republican, Abraham Lincoln, because we believe that his spirit motivates our party in the great election 100 years after he assumed the responsibility of office."
*Hodgenville (aka Hodgensville 1826-1904) sits on the Nolin River & was named after Robert Hodgen who built the first mill on the site.
SOURCE
"Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park," www.nationalparks.com/
Lincoln Birthplace Memorial
