 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
 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 pages
...parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families—second families, perhaps I should say. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated...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... | |
 | Lowell Harrison - 2000 - 346 pages
...modest, and not to go beyond the material." He dismissed his family background with a terse statement: "My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families — second families, perhaps I should say."3 Lincoln's mother was Nancy Hanks, who was born in 1783 or 1784 to Lucy Hanks. According to William... | |
 | Harold I. Gullan - 2001 - 414 pages
...Lincoln replied with this succinct summation: "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." The following year, replying to a writer who wanted to assemble a campaign biography, Lincoln insisted,... | |
 | Lon Cantor - 2003 - 244 pages
...Lincoln had very little formal education. He wrote: / was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks My father... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year It was a wild region, with many... | |
 | Bonnie M. Colton - 2004 - 198 pages
...1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents both were born in Virginia, of undistinguished families. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia, to Kentucky about... | |
 | Philip L. Ostergard - 2008 - 293 pages
...1859 To Jesse W. Fell, Enclosing Autobiography 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. CWIII: 511 Much about life for a boy growing up two hundred years ago in the secluded... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1924 - 350 pages
...Virginia, of undistinguished families i Collection of Mrs. Hester V. Fell, of Normal, 111. Ill — second families, perhaps I should say — My mother,...the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, some others in Macon Counties, Illinois — My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 844 pages
...have been written by myself. Yours very truly I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished...families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in mv tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1928 - 650 pages
...My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now remain in Adams, and others in Macon County, Illinois. My...paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Kentucky about 1781 or 1782, where a year or two later he was killed... | |
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