Show lincoln wrote his own autobiography document in possession of milwaukee family ABRAHAM 4 autobiography consisting of slightly more anora chati NO GOO words ta in his own handwriting Is s la in the possession of 0 mrs mra harriet F richardson and her son 0 of milwaukee wis they were willed the document by the late miss bliss fannie fell jesse fell miss fells father shared law offices with lincoln in springfield lie ho prevailed upon lincoln to write tho the autobiography in 1859 when it became apparent that the great emancipator would become a presidential candidate extracts from the autobiography follow 1 I was wa born february 12 1800 1809 in county kentucky my parents were both born in virginia of 0 undistinguished families second families I 1 should say may my mother who died in my tenth year was ot of a family of the name of hanks some som e of 0 f whom now reside in adams and others in macon ancon county illinois my paternal grandfather abraham Un lincoln colfi eral emigrated grated from m county virginia to kentucky about abou t 1781 or 1782 where a year or two la TRIBUTE laa 21 i J 19 V wi 4 isad artificial light add to the beauty of at located I 1 lab park chicago ter he was killed by indians Ind lariff not to in battle but by stealth when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest ills ilia ancestors who were quakers went to virginia from berks county pennsylvania an effort to identity identify them with the new england family of the same name ended in nothing more definite than a similarity of christian names of both families such as enoch leyl mordecal mordecai solomon abraham and the like sly father nt at the death of 0 hta his father was but six years of age ae and he grew up literally without education lie ile removed from kentucky to what Is now spencer county indiana la in my eighth year at twenty one I 1 came to illinois and passed the first year in illinois macon county then I 1 got to new salem where I 1 remained a year as a sort of clerk bleik in the store then came cama the black hawk war find and I 1 was elected a captain of volunteers a success which gave me more pleasure than any I 1 have had since I 1 went into the campaign was elected ran for the legislature the same year 1832 and was beaten only time I 1 have ever been beaten by the people the next three succeeding blenn biennial lal elections I 1 was elected to the legislature during this legislation period I 1 had studied law and removed to spring field to practice it it in 1841 1 I was elected to the lower house of 0 congress from 1840 to 1854 1 I practiced law more assiduously than ever before always a whig in politics and generally on the whig electo electoral ml tickets making active canvasses it if any personal description of me la Is thought desirable it way nany be said I 1 am 0 feet 4 inches in height lean in flesh weighing hing on an average ISO pounds dark complexion with coarse hair and gray eyes no marts marks or brands recollected |