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
| Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 pages
...biographic particulars, Abraham Lincoln said : — "I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Ky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks. . . . My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Va., to Kentucky... | |
| Henry Watterson - 1899 - 62 pages
...biographic particulars, Abraham Lincoln said: "I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin county, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks. . . . My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham county, Va. , to Kentucky... | |
| Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...office. He then said: HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "I was born, February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia, to Kentuck)'', about 1781 or 1782, where, a year or two later, he was killed by Indians, not in battle,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...letter to JW Fell, dated De cember 20, 1859. I WAS born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...about 1781 or 1782, where a year or two later he was 79 killed by the Indians, not in battle, but by stealth, when he was laboring to open a farm in the... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1901 - 264 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,... | |
| Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 pages
...I suppose, that there is not much of me. "I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams County, and others in Mason County, Illinois. "My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1901 - 264 pages
...of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon, counties, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln,...Rockingham County, Virginia, to Kentucky about 1781 or '2, where, a year or two later, he was killed by Indians, not in battle, but by stealth, when he was... | |
| Henry Watterson - 1903 - 504 pages
...biographic particulars, Abraham Lincoln wrote: "I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks. . . . My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Va., to Kentucky... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 454 pages
...biographic particulars, Abraham Lincoln wrote : " I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks. . . . My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Va., to Kentucky... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 428 pages
...biographic particulars, Abraham Lincoln wrote: " I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families — second families, xii Abraham Lincoln as a perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family... | |
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