Etymology: Named for The lead sulfide ore galena: Location of Galena in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Location of Illinois in the United States: Coordinates: Coordinates: Country: United States: State: Illinois: County
Flags of the Confederacy displayed at a movie house on Lincoln's birthday in Winchester, Virginia in February 1940. Lincoln's Birthday is a legal holiday in some U.S. states, observed on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln 's birth on February 12, 1809.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. The Lincolns are thought to be of English descent with many ancestors being of Puritan or Quaker beliefs.he Lincolns had three children: Sarah, born February 10, 1807, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Abraham, born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky; and Thomas, Jr., born about 1812 who died while an infant. Due to unclear land titles and court litigation, the Lincoln family moved to Spencer County, Indiana in 1816.