Answer:
Born in Hardin County (now LaRue County), Kentucky, to Thomas Lincoln (1778-1851) and Nancy Hanks Lincoln (1784-1818)
1811, Spring
Moved with family to a farm on Knob Creek, Kentucky
1815-1816
Attended occasional classes in rural schoolhouse
1816, Fall
Moved with family to Indiana
1818, Oct. 5
Mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln died of milk sickness, Spencer County, Indiana. Thomas Lincoln subsequently left Abraham Lincoln and older sister Sarah Lincoln (1807-1828) alone in Indiana while he traveled to Kentucky to remarry.
1819, Dec. 2
Thomas Lincoln married Sarah Bush Johnston (1788-1869) in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Sarah Johnston Lincoln had three children of her own (Elizabeth, Matilda, and John), but developed a close bond with Abraham Lincoln.
1819-1824
Additional schooling when available
1819-1830
Laborer on family farm and for neighbors
1828, Jan. 20
Sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby died in childbirth
1828
Ferryman on the Ohio River; helped take a flatboat cargo from Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana
1830, Mar.
Moved with family to Illinois, settling in Macon County
1831, Apr.-July
Helped build a flatboat and ferried cargo from Sangamon County, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana
1831
Clerk, general store, New Salem, Illinois
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