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The Formative Lincoln Life in Hardin and Illinois
A condensed study traces Abraham Lincoln’s early years from birth in a harsh Indiana frontier home to boyhood in Hardin County and Indiana, his mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln’s influence, scant schooling, self education, and rise to join the Black Hawk War and early politics in Illinois alongside future rival Stephen A. Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lifhalm
Hardin
County
Thomas
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Samuel
Lincoln
Norwich
England
Hingham
Mass
Berks County
Virginia
Abraham L. Lincoln
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy’ Hanks
Hardin County
Thomas ‘Lincoln
Ohio
Posey County
Ind
Wilderpeps
Perry County
Abraham
Nancy Hanks
Lincoin
Hllinois
Decatur
Sangamon
State Assembly
Abraham Lincoln
New Salem
Thomas ‘Berry
Salem
Yeates
Stephen. A. Douglass
Senate