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Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, first saw the light of day in a log cabin in the woods of Kentucky. Little did his parents realize that the tiny child who came to them on the twelfth day of February, 1809, would become the idol of the American people—a man than whom there was none nobler.

His father, Thomas Lincoln, was an easy-going backwoodsman, sturdy in build, a carpenter by trade.

His mother was refined and well educated. Her maiden name was Nancy Hanks, and at the time of her marriage (she was then twenty-three years old) was known for her rare beauty and religious devotion.