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Nancy Hanks Lincoln (February 5, 1784 – October 5, 1818) was the mother of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Her marriage to Thomas Lincoln also produced a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Thomas Jr. When Nancy and Thomas had been married for just over 10 years, the family moved from Kentucky to western Perry County, Indiana, in 1816.
May 17, 2024 · Nancy Hanks Lincoln (February 5, 1784 – October 5, 1818) was the mother of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Her marriage to Thomas Lincoln also produced a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Thomas Jr.
May 9, 2014 · Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who gave birth to the Great Emancipator on February 12, 1809, had instilled the virtues of honesty and compassion in her son and sowed the seeds of his intellectual curiosity.
Nov 3, 2015 · Historians have debated for more than a century about Lincoln's lineage, with many siding with Lincoln biographer William Barton, who concluded in the 1920s that Nancy Hanks Lincoln was the...
Within the boundaries of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial lies the gravesite of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's mother. The impact of her life, and her death, did much to shape the character of the boy who grew up to become President.
May 12, 2018 · Very little is known about the provenance of Lincoln’s natural mother, Nancy Hanks, and that is by design. Lincoln himself was extremely cagey about family background; when a newspaper editor...
Jan 20, 2022 · Mother: Nancy Hanks Lincoln (1784-1818) A Virginia native, Nancy moved to Kentucky, where she married Thomas Lincoln and gave birth to their three children: Sarah, the eldest; Abraham, the...
For accurate info on Nancy Hanks Lincoln, read or download a free copy of the definitive biography about her life originally published in 1952 under the title Nancy Hanks Lincoln A Frontier Portrait. It located in the American Politics section of this library under the Books tab.
Apr 10, 2015 · Nancy Hanks Lincoln was born in Virginia in 1784. Her family later moved to Kentucky where, on June 12, 1806, she married Thomas Lincoln. She gave birth to three children: Sarah (February 10, 1807), Abraham (February 12, 1809), and Thomas (1812), who died in infancy.
The death of Abraham Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks, had a lifelong impact on her son. This resource is part of the KET Lincoln: "I, Too, Am a Kentuckian." collection.