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Abraham Lincoln—More Than a President
By Barb Baumann
2009
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Childhood Jobs in Kentucky
• While Abraham Lincoln was at Sinking Springs, Kentucky, he was so young that he was unable to help with household chores.
• While at Knob Creek Farm, Lincoln was age 2 ½ to almost 8. It was here that he was first able to help his parents, and he did so by fetching water, carrying firewood, and helping to plant the garden. It is likely that he also brought home fish to eat—those he caught at Knob Creek.
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Garden at Knob Creek TodayLincoln helped with planting the garden at Knob Creek. In fact, one of his earliest recollections was of planting pumpkins seeds only to have a heavy rain wash them away the next day.
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Pail Used to Fetch Water
Lincoln may have fetched water using a pail similar to this one.
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Carrying Firewood
Since firewood was used for heat and cooking, it was a necessity. When children were old enough to carry firewood, they
helped the family in
this way.
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What relationship did the environment and location of
Knob Creek Farm have on the household chores Abraham Lincoln did for his family?
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Jobs at Pigeon Creek, Indiana
Abraham Lincoln:• Helped clear the land• Helped his father plant and harvest crops• Helped build the family home by mixing mortar
to use as fill between the logs• Did odd jobs for neighbors to earn a little
money for the family• Built a small boat and ran a ferrying service
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Land at Pigeon Creek
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Tools Used to Split Rails for Fence
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As Lincoln grew, he took on more and more responsibility in helping his family survive. What qualities did Abe Lincoln reveal
while at Pigeon Creek that would serve him well in the
future?
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Lincoln Homestead Site inHarristown, Illinois
Although Lincoln’s family spent only one year at this site, he helped build a log cabin, raise corn, split rails for fence, and was with his family as they survived the terrible winter of 1831.
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Located on Bluff Over Sangamon River
It was on the Sangamon River that Lincoln traveled by canoe to meet Denton Offutt to ferry a flatboat down the Mississippi River. Since Offutt failed to purchase a flatboat, Lincoln with two friends built a boat they could use to ferry the produce to New Orleans.
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When Lincoln left the homestead near Harristown to
take the flatboat down the Mississippi, he no longer
returned to live with his family. Why was this a turning point in
Lincoln’s life?
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Jobs in New Salem While in New Salem, Lincoln had a variety
of jobs. When he first arrived here, he was hired by Denton Offutt as a clerk in his store.
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When that store closed, he hired out to farmers and split rails. Lincoln became a partner in store ownership with William Berry and the men ran two stores at different times.
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Postmaster
• Abraham Lincoln was the postmaster for New Salem. The mail box was located in the back of the 2nd Lincoln-Berry store.
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Deputy Land Surveyor
Lincoln bought surveying equipment and tried his hand at this job for a short time.
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Lincoln served as a captain in the militia during the Black Hawk War.
Capt. Abraham Lincoln of the Illinois Volunteer Militia
at the time of the Black Hawk War 1831-32, by Leonard Crunelle, 1930
http://www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2009/02/021209-
Captain.aspx
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Lincoln became a lawyer in 1836.
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What jobs from Lincoln’s past most likely prepared him for
becoming a lawyer?
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Lincoln left New Salem to practice law in Springfield, Illinois.
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Lincoln was also a member of Congress from 1847-1849.
Lincoln the LegislatorMarble, by Avard T.
Fairbanks, 1985
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While practicing law, Lincoln received the nomination for and
was elected President of the United States of America.
The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1861.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Although Abraham Lincoln is mostly known for his presidency,
his many other jobs helped prepare him for this position. How might Lincoln’s life have been different if he hadn’t held
the many jobs he had throughout his lifetime?