The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President

CHAPTER I.

Birth.--His father and mother.--History of Thomas Lincoln and his family a necessary part of Abraham Lincoln's biography.--Thomas Lincoln's ancestors.--Members of the family remaining in Virginia.--Birth of Thomas Lincoln.--Removal to Kentucky.--Life in the Wilderness.--Lincolns settle in Mercer County.--Thomas Lincoln's father shot by Indians.--Widow and f...