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 Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin now Larue Thomas, nevertheless, became a skilled carpenter and purchased three farms in Kentucky before the Lincolns left the state. Little is known about Lincolns mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Abraham had an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Thomas, who died in infancy. In 1816 the Lincolns moved to Indiana. Lincolns parents belonged to a faction of the Baptist church that disapproved of slavery, and this affiliation may account for Abrahams later statement that he was naturally anti-slavery and could not remember when he did not so think, and feel. Lincolns mother died in 1818, and the following year his father married a Kentucky widow, Sarah Bush Johnston. She proved a good and kind mother. In later years Lincoln could fondly and poetically recall memories of his childhood home. In 1828 he was able to make a flatboat trip to New Orleans. His sister died in childbirth the same year. * In 1816 the Lincolns moved to Indiana. Lincolns parents belonged to a faction of the Baptist church that disapproved of slavery, and this affiliation may account for Abrahams later statement that he was naturally anti-slavery and could not remember when he did not so think, and feel. *