Abraham Lincoln´s Details

In Springfield in 1839 Lincoln met Mary Todd. Three years later they were married and over the next 11 years had four children:

1.Robert (1843-1926)

2.Edward (1846-1850)

3.William (1850-1862)

4.Thomas (1853-1871)

Abraham Lincoln personal life

Abraham Lincoln spent less than 12 months in all attending schools as a youth growing up on the frontier. Each one was very small and the lessons were most often taught orally and schools thus got the nickname "blab" schools.

Lincoln was the tallest president. Artist Francis B. Carpenter measured Lincoln's height in the White House. He measured six feet three and three-quarter inches in his stocking feet. Most sources round it off to 6 feet 4 inches. Lincoln's average weight was 180 pounds.

Abraham Lincoln was brought up by Baptist parents and occasionally attended Presbyterian churches in Springfield and Washington. He was married by an Episcopal minister. However, he never joined a church during his life. He sporadically attended services with his wife; she was a church member, and he was not.

Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.

The items in Abraham Lincoln's pockets the night of the assassination were as follows: a pocketknife, a linen handkerchief, a sleeve button, a fancy watch fob, two pairs of spectacles, a lens polisher, a tiny pencil, and a brown leather wallet (one section was engraved "U.S. Currency" and another section was engraved "Notes"). The wallet contained a Confederate five dollar bill, and nine old newspaper clippings. Included among these clippings were two articles of praise and five others dealing with the issues that were on Lincoln's mind during his final months.

Some little details about Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was the first president to be born beyond the boundaries of the original 13 states. He was the first president born in Kentucky.Lincoln was the first president to wear a beard. Lincoln vetoed or pocket vetoed only seven bills during his presidency .In 1911 a spectacular fire destroyed the railroad car that transported Lincoln's remains back to Springfield. Lincoln could quote many parts of the Bible, but his absolute favorite book was Psalms. His favorite poem was Mortality written by William Knox. The name of Abraham Lincoln's horse is stated differently in different sources. I have seen the horse called "Old Bob" or "Old Robin" or sometimes just "Robin" or "Bob." The most frequently used one, though, is "Old Bob."Abraham Lincoln earned his first dollar ferrying passengers to a steamer on the Ohio River in 1827.