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Family tree▼ Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Mary Todd |
| Alt Name[4] |
Mary Ann Todd |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[2][5] |
13 DEC 1818 |
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1842 |
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinoisto President Abraham Lincoln |
| Death[3][5][6] |
16 JUL 1882 |
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois |
| Burial[6] |
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Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
Mary Todd grew up in comfort in Lexington, Kentucky. At the age of 20, she moved to her sister's in Springfield, where she met Abraham Lincoln. They married when she was 23, and they had four sons while he worked as a lawyer and ran for public office. Only two lived beyond childhood, and only one to adulthood. Mary was generally considered mentally unstable, exacerbated by the deaths of her children and the assassination of her husband in her presence. She was disliked in Washington as First Lady both for her difficult personality and her Southern background.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Mary Todd Lincoln.
References
- ↑ Brown, John Howard (editor), and Rossiter (editor) Johnson. The Twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans: brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. (Boston, Mass.: The Biographical Society. Reprinted by Gale Research, 1968., 1904), vol. 6, page 426-430, "He was married Nov. 4, 1842, to Mary Todd, a native of Lexington, Ky., who was residing in Springfield with her sister, Mrs. Ninian W. Edwards".
- ↑ Brown, John Howard (editor), and Rossiter (editor) Johnson. The Twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans: brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. (Boston, Mass.: The Biographical Society. Reprinted by Gale Research, 1968., 1904), vol. 6, page 434, "LINCOLN, Mary Todd, wife of President Lincoln, was born in Lexington, Ky., Dec. 13, 1818; daughter of Robert S. Todd and granddaughter of Levi and Eliza Ann (Porter) Todd".
- ↑ Brown, John Howard (editor), and Rossiter (editor) Johnson. The Twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans: brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. (Boston, Mass.: The Biographical Society. Reprinted by Gale Research, 1968., 1904), vol. 6, page 434, "She died of paralysis at the home of Mrs. Edwards, Springfield, Ill., July 16, 1882".
- ↑ Genealogy.com. Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mary Todd Lincoln, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Find A Grave.
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