Born in Riverside, Illinois — about three hours from where Abraham Lincoln had lived with his family in Springfield — to ...

America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, on this day in history, Feb. 12, 1809. Lincoln grew up in a poor family, the son of a Kentucky frontiersman — and ...

His life was cut short early in his second term when he was assassinated. Abraham Lincoln was born to uneducated farmers. They lived in a one-room log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The family ...

So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text.

Before his untimely assassination at age 56 and prior to his career as a lawyer Abraham Lincoln excelled at wrestling. Born ...

Did Abraham Lincoln have children? Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, shared four sons but only one lived into adulthood. The luckiest Lincoln child was Robert Todd, their first-born son ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 on a farm his parents had bought a few months earlier in rural Central Kentucky. The family ...

Gary Talley, chief of operations at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, a National Park Service historic site near Hodgenville, Ky., was skeptical. "We have Lincoln's own words that say he was born ...

Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn't quit, look no further. Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout ...