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title: "3 Born Virginia Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-parents-were-both-born-in-virginia-of-undistinguished-families/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Born Virginia Marshall but nicknamed Gig, my mother was a home economics teacher who had come all the way across the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smith/born-virginia-marshall-but-nicknamed-gig-my-mother-was-a-home/)

[Lee Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smith/)

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> [I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-was-born-feb-12-1809-in-hardin-county-kentucky-my-parents-were-both/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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