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Born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, Dwight David Eisenhower spent his youth in the small farm town of Abilene, Kansas. His father David worked as a mechanic in a local creamery. His mother, Ida, a Mennonite, was a religious pacifist who opposed war and violence of any kind. Understandably, she instilled in her six sons a moral dislike to war. In this setting, Eisenhower did family chores, delighted in hunting and fishing and football, and was a passionate student of military history. In 1911, Eisenhower won an appointment to West Point, where his pranks, fondness for cards and smoking, and average grades earned him little respect from his teachers.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison, Tex., on Oct. 14, 1890. His ancestors lived in Germany and emigrated to America, settling in Pennsylvania, early in the 18th century. His father, David, had a general store in Hope, Kans., which failed. After a brief time in Texas, the family moved to Abilene, Kan.
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Extra credit: Eisenhower was born David Dwight Eisenhower, sharing a first name with his father David Eisenhower. According to the Eisenhower Library website, "Since the baby David was always called Dwight, when he entered high school he changed his name to Dwight David Eisenhower"... Eisenhower was baptized and became a member of the National Presbyterian Church shortly after he was inaugurated in 1953.
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On the morning of October 14, 1890, Dwight David Eisenhower was born in a modest two-story frame house at the corner of Lamar Avenue and Day Street in Denison, Texas. Ike was the only one of David and Ida Eisenhower's seven children born in Texas. The future leader of the free world in war and peace was born in a railroad neighborhood, with the family home nestled within a few yards of three railroad lines.
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DAVID DWIGHT EISENHOWER was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. He was the third of the seven sons of David Jacob and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. Eisenhower’s parents met in a United Brethren school, Lane University, in Lecompton, Kansas. Neither of his parents was from Kansas, his mother’s family had moved there from Virginia and his father’s family had come to Kansas from Pennsylvania. His parents were married in 1885 and within three years, the young family moved to Denison, Texas, where Dwight was born. When Dwight was less than a year old, the family moved back to Abilene, Kansas, where his father had taken a job as a mechanic at the Belle Springs Creamery.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14th, 1890, in a house by railroad tracks in Denison, Texas. His ancestors had emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania early in the 18th century. After a short stay in Texas, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas.
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