ABRAHAM LINCOLN STORIES AND ANECDOTES: LINCOLN CHRONOLOGY.

LINCOLN CHRONOLOGY.

1806--Marriage of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, June 12th, Washington County, Kentucky.

1809--Born February 12th, Hardin (now La Rue County), Kentucky.

1816--Family Removed to Perry County, Indiana.

1818--Death of Abraham's Mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln.

1819--Second Marriage Thomas Lincoln; Married Sally Bush Johnston, December 2nd, at Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

1830--Lincoln Family Removed to Illinois, Locating in Macon County.

1831--Abraham Located at New Salem.

1832--Abraham a Captain in the Black Hawk War.

1833--Appointed Postmaster at New Salem.

1834--Abraham as a Surveyor. First Election to the Legislature.

1835--Love Romance with Anne Rutledge.

1836--Second Election to the Legislature.

1837--Licensed to Practice Law.

1838--Third Election to the Legislature.

1840--Presidential Elector on Harrison Ticket. Fourth Election to the Legislature.

1842--Married November 4th, to Mary Todd. "Duel" with General Shields.

1843--Birth of Robert Todd Lincoln, August 1st.

1846--Elected to Congress. Birth of Edward Baker Lincoln, March 10th.

1848--Delegate to the Philadelphia National Convention.

1850--Birth of William Wallace Lincoln, December 2nd.

1853--Birth of Thomas Lincoln, April 4th.

1856--Assists in Formation Republican Party.

1858--Joint Debater with Stephen A. Douglas. Defeated for the United States Senate.

1860--Nominated and Elected to the Presidency.

1861--Inaugurated as President, March 4th. 1863-Issued Emancipation Proclamation. 1864-Re-elected to the Presidency.

1865--Assassinated by J. Wilkes Booth, April 14th. Died April 15th. Remains Interred at Springfield, Illinois, May 4th.

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