- Abolitionist & women's rights advocate. Sister of Lucretia Coffin Mott . 1809-1965 - Abraham Lincoln - 16th US president 1861-65. Led the USA through the Civil War . Preserved the Union. Ended slavery. Assassinated. 1810-1860 - Theodore Parker - Preacher, abolitionist & Transcendentalist . Supported John Brown (qv). 1810-1879 - Elihu Burritt