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Spencer County, Indiana

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Nancy Hanks Born: February 5, 1784 - Hampshire County, Virginia, U.S. (now Mineral County, West Virginia, U.S.) Died: October 5, 1818 (aged 34) - Spencer County, Indiana, U.S. Parent(s): Lucy H...
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Spencer County was formed in 1818 and was named for Captain Spier Spencer, killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.

Abraham Lincoln lived in Spencer County from 1816 to 1830, between the ages of seven and twenty-one. Originally, the area his family settled in was in Perry County with Spencer County being formed almost two years later. His family moved to Illinois in 1830. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is located at the site of the Lincoln family farm. In addition, the graves of his mother Nancy Lincoln and sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby are located in Spencer County.

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