Character Sketcher: Thomas Lincoln
Character Traits:
a. He was almost killed when he was eight-years
old while working in the fields with his father.
b. He married Nancy Hanks on June 10, 1806.
c. He was a hard worker and worked jobs like: a
carpenter, and hunting with his musket in the woods to put wild game on
the family table.
d. He married Sarah Bush Johnston in 1819.
Character Goal: Provide Abe and Sarah will the best life he could, by
moving the family when times got hard and they couldnít stay where they
were.
Problem: He had to keep moving his family back and forth, and he and
Abe didnít get along very well with his father.
Solution: To find a good place for his family to settle down at, and
work on his relationship with his son.