The most curious details of Abraham Lincoln's life

Abraham Lincoln was born in friday, February 12 of 1809 in Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks and he was named for his parental grandfather. Thomas was a farmer and a carpenter. He had a sister named Sarah Lincoln.
His mom died in 1819 from milk sickness. Thomas remarried with Sarah Bush.
When he was 22 he worked as a deckhand in Missipi's river,then he obtained a worked as a clerk here he knew about slaves.
In 1828 his sister died durindg her childbirth.In 1832he started with the politic life.
In 1834 he was dippute in Illinois. He opussed to the war of Mexico.
In 1851 Thomas Lincoln died. In 1854 he left the public life. In 1860 he was a candidate to the predident, In 1861 he became president.
When he became president he tried to avoid the civil war.
In Springfield he met Mary Todd with Mary he had four children: Robert, Edward, William and Thomas.

When he death he was in a theatre, it was April 14 of 1865 by Jhon Wilkes Booth.

An ancestor of Abraham Lincon is Tom hanks


Taked from: "Gran Encyclopedia Larouse" and "www.home.att.net/rjnorton/Lincoln77.html