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Abraham Lincoln

Mother's death

Monday Oct 5, 1818
Indiana, U.S.

On October 5, 1818, Nancy Lincoln succumbed to milk sickness, leaving 11-year-old Sarah in charge of a household including her father, 9-year-old Abraham, and Nancy's 19-year-old orphan cousin, Dennis Hanks.


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