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On June 12, 1806, Jesse Head performed the marriage of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, who in 1809 became the parents of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S. Born in Maryland in 1768, Head came a-preaching to Kentucky in 1798. A cabinet maker and justice of peace, he preached fearlessly on Sundays. He moved his shop to Harrodsburg in 1810, kept on preaching, and began a newspaper.
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