Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameU.S. President Abraham LINCOLN 
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5358Birth Date12 Feb 1809
Birth PlaceSinking Spring Farm, Hardin County, KY
Death Date15 Apr 1865 Age: 56
Death PlaceWashington, D.C., USA
Death MemoFord’s Theater
Burial PlaceOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL, USA
OccupationLawyer, Politician
Cause of DeathAssassinated
Misc. Notes
The 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), Republican Abraham Lincoln successfully led the country through it’s greatest internal crises, the American Civil War preserved the Union, and ended slavery.
Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, he was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives, but failed in two attempts at a seat in the United States Senate.
He was an affectionate, though often absent, husband, and father of four children. Lincoln was assassinated in April 1864 by a well-known actor John Wilkes Booth.
His assassination and death immediately made him a national martyr and myth. Lincoln is regarded by the public and historians in numerous polls as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history, usually in the top three, along with George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. A study published in 2004 found that scholars in the fields of history and politics ranked Lincoln number one, while legal scholars placed him second after Washington.
Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, he was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives, but failed in two attempts at a seat in the United States Senate.
He was an affectionate, though often absent, husband, and father of four children. Lincoln was assassinated in April 1864 by a well-known actor John Wilkes Booth.
His assassination and death immediately made him a national martyr and myth. Lincoln is regarded by the public and historians in numerous polls as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history, usually in the top three, along with George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. A study published in 2004 found that scholars in the fields of history and politics ranked Lincoln number one, while legal scholars placed him second after Washington.
Spouses
Birth Date1818
Death Date1882
OccupationFirst Lady of the United States
FatherRobert Smith TODD (1791-1849)
Family ID10884