Meanings and history of the name Cherry: | Edit. This name can refer to the sweet fruit with lovely pink blossoms, or it can be a form of the French word cheri(e), meaning dear one.It can be used independently or as a nickname for Cheryl, Cherilyn, Cherisse, and similar names.his name can refer to the sweet fruit with lovely pink blossoms, or it can be a form of the French word cheri(e), meaning dear one. It can be used independently or as a nickname for Cheryl, Cherilyn, Cherisse, and similar names.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky (now LaRue County). He is a descendant of Samuel Lincoln, who migrated from Norfolk, England to Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638.orn in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Lincoln grew up on the western frontier in Kentucky and Indiana. Largely self-educated, he became a lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party leader, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, where he served from 1834 to 1846.
Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party.