They  had  three  children,  the  second  being  Abraham,  the  future  President
of  the  United  States.  In  18 16  Thomas  Lincoln  removed  to  Indiana,  and
settled  on  Little  Pigeon  Creek,  not  far  distant  from  the  Ohio  River,  where
Abraham  grew  to  manhood.  He  made  the  best  use  of  his  hmited  oppor-
tunities to  acquire  an  education  and  at  the  same  time  prepare  himself  for
business.  At  the  age  of  19  5^ ears  he  was  intrusted  with  a  cargo  of  farm
products,  which  he  took  to  New  Orleans  and  sold.  In  1830  his  father
again  emigrated,  and  located  in  Macon  County,  111.  Abraham  by  this
time  had  attained  the  unusual  stature  of  6  feet  4  inches,  and  was  of
great  muscular  strength;  joined  with  his  father  in  building  his  cabin,
clearing  the  field,  and  splitting  the  rails  for  fencing  the  farm.  It  was
not  long,  however,  before  his  father  again  changed  his  home,  locating
this  time  in  Coles  County,  where  he  died  in  185 1  at  the  age  of  73  years.
Abraham  left  his  father  as  soon  as  his  farm  was  fenced  and  cleared  and
hired  himself  to  a  man  named  Denton  OfFutt,  in  Sangamon  County,  whom
he  assisted  to  build  a  flatboat;  accompanied  him  to  New  Orleans  on  a
trading  voyage  and  returned  with  him  to  New  Salem,  Menard  County,
where  Offutt  opened  a  store  for  the  sale  of  general  merchandise.  Mr.
