Facts for Kids about Abraham Lincoln- Biography of Abraham Lincoln for Kids

• ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky • ABRAHAM LINCOLN came from humble beginnings. ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in a single-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. HIs parents were Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. HIs father lost everything when ABRAHAM LINCOLN was young and they had to move to Perry County, Indiana where they struggled to get by. When ABRAHAM LINCOLN was just nine years old, his mother died and his sister Sarah took care of me until my father remarried. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN mostly taught himself, ABRAHAM LINCOLN even taught himself law. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN was pretty tall, 6ft 4in. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN was the 16th president in 1861 at 52 years old. • He was the first American president to wear a beard. It is said that a 11 year old girl convinced him to grow his beard. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN was the first republican elected to the U.S. Presidency. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN was president during the Civil War (The American Civil War, 1861–1865, resulted from long-standing sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution, primarily the issue of slavery and states rights. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN pushed through Congress the 13 Amendment to the U.S Constitution, which ended slavery. • According to his wife Mary, his hobby was cats. He even let one eat from the table during a formal White House dinner. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN kept important documents in my hat. • ABRAHAM LINCOLN was the first President to appear on a U.S. coin. • President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at the Ford Theatre in Washington D.C. He died the next day on April 15, 1865. • He was known as a gifted storyteller and liked to tell jokes. • On the day he was shot, Lincoln told his bodyguard that he had dreamt he would be assassinated.