Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln is an important man in America's history. Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky on february 12, 1809. He grew up in Indiana.On april 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater. During the play, he was shot by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next day. Booth got away but was found and killed for his crime. Americans were sad to have lost Lincoln, their leader.