 I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families— second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of...  Letters and telegrams - Page 253by Abraham Lincoln - 1907Full view - About this book
 | John Carroll Power - 1876 - 820 pages
...Fell, the AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'. "I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin county, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon counties, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rock in gham county, Va.,... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1877 - 916 pages
...Of bis ancestry and early years the Httlo that is known may best ! Ьс given in his own language: "My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hunks, pome (if whom now remain in Adams, and others in Marón со., III. My paternal grandfather,... | |
 | 1911 - 458 pages
...Anon. 108 For Lincoln Day Lincoln's Own Story I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin county, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macón county, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham county,... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 586 pages
...a literal copy, being taken from the original. "I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin county, Ky. My parents were both born in Virginia of undistinguished...some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon counties, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham county, Virginia,... | |
 | Henry Curwen - 1884 - 338 pages
...Lincoln himself, " were both born in Virginia of undistinguished, second-rate families, I should say. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated...or 1782, where a year or two later he was killed by Indians, not in battle, but by stealth, when he was labouring to open a farm in the forest." Immediately... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 600 pages
...others in Macon counties, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Eockingham county, Virginia, to Kentucky, about 1781 or 1782, where, a year or two later, he was killed by Indians — not in battle, but by stealth — when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest. His... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 482 pages
...Bluomington, illinois : i was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both bora in Virginia, of undistinguished families — second...Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macun Counties, illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoin, emigrated from Kockingham County,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 pages
...Kentucky. My parents were both bora in Virginia, of undistinguished families— second families, perhaps 1 should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of wbom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon Counties, illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...Lincoln, son of the Kentucky backwoodsman: " I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon, Counties, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia,... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - 1892 - 772 pages
...account of his extraction and lineage : "I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin county, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia of undistinguished families — second families, I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom... | |
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