LINCOLN CALENDAR.


Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809, Hardin County, Kentucky.
"Lincoln Day."

1817--Settled in Perry County, Indiana; father, mother, sister, and self.

1818--October 5, Mrs. Thomas Lincoln (Nancy Hanks) died; buried
Spencer County, Indiana. In 1901, a monument erected to her memory,
the base being the former Abraham Lincoln vault. Schooling, a few
months, 1819, '20 and '28, about six months' school.

1819--Thomas (father of A. L.) marries again: Mrs. Johnson (Sally Bush)
of Kentucky.

1830--March, Lincoln family remove into Illinois, near Decatur.

1831--Works for himself: boatbuilding and sailing, carpentering,
hog-sticking, sawmilling, blacksmithing, river-pilot, logger, etc.,
in Menard County, Indiana.

1831--Election clerk at New Salem. Captain and private (re-enlisted)
in Black Hawk War. Store clerk and merchant, New Salem. Studies for
the law.

1832--First political speech. Henry Clay, Whig platform. Defeated