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Have you ever wondered about Abraham Lincoln early life. I have, and I thought today I would tell you about that. This man was born in February 12, 1809. He lived in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham’s father, Thomas Lincoln, was a migratory carpenter and farmer. Thomas was almost always very very poor. His mother Nancy Hanks died in 1818. A few years after Nancy's death Thomas Lincoln married a widow, named Sarah Bush Johansen. She was a very caring, loving and affectionate mother to Abraham, their son. Abraham Lincoln basically never attended school back in Kentucky and Indiana. He was a self taught reader, how he did is he kept reading and rereading the small amount of books that he had. Abraham finally got a look at the

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