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... should afterward delight to honor . In that part of Hardin County , Ky . , now known as La Rue , on the 12th of February , 1809 , ABRAHAM 服 1 LINCOLN entered upon existence . His father , Thomas Lincoln CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY.
... should afterward delight to honor . In that part of Hardin County , Ky . , now known as La Rue , on the 12th of February , 1809 , ABRAHAM 服 1 LINCOLN entered upon existence . His father , Thomas Lincoln CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY.
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... father resulted finally in the scattering of the children . The father of our martyred President left his early home when only about twelve years old , but afterwards returned to Kentucky , and in 1806 married Miss Nancy Sparrow , who ...
... father resulted finally in the scattering of the children . The father of our martyred President left his early home when only about twelve years old , but afterwards returned to Kentucky , and in 1806 married Miss Nancy Sparrow , who ...
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... father could neither read nor write , save to scribble his name in rude hieroglyphic letters which could hardly be understood . The mother could not write , but she could read ; and this accomplishment made her seem a remarkable woman ...
... father could neither read nor write , save to scribble his name in rude hieroglyphic letters which could hardly be understood . The mother could not write , but she could read ; and this accomplishment made her seem a remarkable woman ...
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... father a third . After a seven - days ' journey through an uninhabited country , their resting - place at night being a blanket spread upon the ground , they arrived at the spot selected for their future residence ; and no unnecessary ...
... father a third . After a seven - days ' journey through an uninhabited country , their resting - place at night being a blanket spread upon the ground , they arrived at the spot selected for their future residence ; and no unnecessary ...
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... father married again , and secured in Mrs. Sally Johnston of Elizabethtown , Kentucky , a worthy step- mother for his children . She had three children , and seemed to have been one who could say with Mrs. Howe , - " Then spoke the ...
... father married again , and secured in Mrs. Sally Johnston of Elizabethtown , Kentucky , a worthy step- mother for his children . She had three children , and seemed to have been one who could say with Mrs. Howe , - " Then spoke the ...
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