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Abraham Lincoln, By Hunter Hendrix Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 3 miles South of Hodgenville Kentucky and died on April 1865 when he was 56 years old. Abraham Lincoln had a sad childhood, his mother died of milk sickness because the cows were feeding on piousness planets. Milk sickness is a poison in the milk that makes people sick or die. His family was very poor, so pour that Abe had to kill and harm poor harmless little animals with his axe for food and he didn’t like it at all. Abe had to help his dad on the farm so they could get more money to by food. Abraham Lincoln got married to a girl named Mary but Mary’s parents didn’t want their daughter to marry Abe. But Mary married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln had themselves hade four children named Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Lincoln, and Willie Lincoln. Sadly Robert Todd Lincoln was the only child to survive to his adulthood. Abe was elected the President of the United States of America in 1861 1865. He was elected because he led the United States during the Civil War and he was member of the Legislative branch and the Executive Branch. He was the tallest President in the United States. He has 6 feet 4 inches the average height of a President is 5 feet 5 inches. Abe was the first President to have a beard and since then 4 Presidents hade one. Abraham Lincoln was killed in Fords Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He is still remembered because he is one of the most interesting Presidents in the United States of a America.