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Nancy was single and pregnant and had to get married to give the baby a name. A marriage was arranged for her with a drunk, Thomas Lincoln. Thomas and Nancy moved into a small shed in Elizabethtown. Nancy's baby was born in this shed. Thomas was never home, he was out looking for whisky. Nancy took in odd jobs to provide food for herself and her baby. This is the family that Abraham Lincoln was born. Abraham soon learned to hate Thomas. Thomas never said I love you to Abraham. He never said he was proud of him or of his accomplishments. Nancy loved her children but Thomas did not share in that love. Children were a source of labor to Thomas. All he wanted from Sarah and Abraham was work.

Nancy went from a beautiful young woman to a worn, tired, weathered, over worked, old woman in ten short years. She always thought of suicide. When she contracted the 'milk sick' and was dying, it was a welcome relief from her daily toil.

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