Not to mention her husband got shot in the head literally right beside her.

3/4 of her sons died before the age of 20, and her husband met a violent end and just as they had began to reconcile their marriage. The war and their son’s death put a horrendous strain on their marriage, after Lincoln’s hypothetical 2nd term they’d plan to travel the world, Abe wanted to visit the holy lands of Judea and the Orient, and then live quietly. Tragic how it ended for both of them, she died in obscurity in a mental asylum.

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She was in a bad lace Ty for having relatives in the Confederate forces. I’m sure her loyalty was questioned a lot. Pressure & stress from all sides.

Thank you so much for being kind to her. So many people seem to misunderstand her and not listen to her story like Abe listened her. He loved her through it all.

She meant that she lost two young and one in his teen years. She should have explained a little more or should've just said 3 to avoid confusion.

Yeah people tend to forget Eddie Lincoln, their second son. He died at the tender age of three due to illness that he had endured during his very short life. He actually died just a few months before Willie was born.

Mary Lincoln lost 3 sons that is correct.

2 before Lincoln was killed and one after she and the 18 year old returned from a trip overseas, I have a couple of books that state that she also suffered trek migraine headaches. Enough of those can make you crazy

Correct!

Congrats, though you are not claiming Abraham is a relative but Mary is, I usually take it with a grain of salt when someone says Abraham is related. Though Abraham has no *immediate* relatives alive today meaning sons or daughters grandchildren or great grandchildren, Abraham has biolgical family in distant cousins whose great grandfather and great great grandfather was Abraham Lincoln's Biological father. Very few are known from my research over the decades. I am Facebook friends with only one who was verified to be biological to Abraham and does speeches at museums throughout America. He was introduced to me from one of my customers actually. I also seen many people falsely claim to be relatives that I had him fact check on resulting in a majority of them lying. Same goes for alledged family of Corbin, the man that taken credit for shooting John Booth in the farm however the doctor examining the alledged body if booth specified other facts discrediting Corbin's claims. To this date, I have never seen anyone but you claim to be biolgical family to Mary however though you are a distant cousin as well. From my studies on Mary, she had her times being very ignorant with others , she comes from a very well off family of that time and she was dedicated at one time to her education. She was not Abraham's first choice for marriage but he had a very high emotional connection with her that led him back to her. Abraham actually seperated from her one time prior to marriage but returned. Though she has severe mental issues of that time leading to depression, Abraham also had severe depression and feared to carry a knife with worries about taking his own life with a knife so he never did. Depression though negative seemed to be a common denominator between the two. With the loss if their two sons starting with Willie which being the youngest had severely effected both Mary & Abraham deeply sending Mary in a downwards spiral. I feel bad for your 4th. cousin, I do. Though Abraham has no biological ties by blood to you directly and only by marriage, it's important to note the success your family had during the 1800s to of become a well respected family in public opinion before Mary actually tied the knot with Abraham in marriage. If you look at it, Abraham has a very hard life as a child , deprived and poor yet he was very intelligent. Mary was raised in a very well off family financially with a outstanding upbringing. I guess opposites really did attract there. I know things in Abrahams life stemmed his decisions while as president and he worked up his Political life with just under 12 months of law school which that was all it took to become a Attorney in those days. With all the people in America at that time and no strong way of communicating state to state, that alone was a impressive task to actually achieve. Have you been to her grave, Abraham's and Willy's ? I know they are burried side by side but though I never been there, at the start of this year, I passed by there on my way to Yellowstone. I was with a lifetime friend from Australia and he had to catch a plane back home so unfortunately we had to rush so we did not have a chance to stop by, but I wish I could of. Abraham Lincoln was my favorite president in American history who achieved the most difficult task any president has ever did which I found amazing.

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No way She was my great great great great great grandma

My last name Todd and is been in my family ever since

@joe blow we should take a dna test there is still todd family in western MA im not a decendent of her but she is in my family tree

Most Drs. today (2021) MISS EVERYTHING!

well, why did she seduce him into bed and force him to marry her the next day? Their son Robert was born 3 days shy of their 9 month anniversary.

@@alpha-omega2362 I"m watching the CNN series about Abraham Lincoln, and it sounds like Mary also like to buy things well above her means. She was nearly $100,000( in our money today, )and was afraid if Lincoln lost the 2nd term, he would find out and he would have to pay it.. so she really went out and got the votes.

Mary always wanted to be married to a President, even as a young girl..so I believed she used Lincoln too.I am watching CNN series on Lincoln..very interesting..she also liked to shop well beyond her means..Lincoln didnt even know how much in debt they were in..so I think she acted like a spoiled child at times.

@@alpha-omega2362 3 days doesn't mean a thing. some babies are born "early " and some are born "late." of my 4 children not one was born on the DUE date. One was 2 weeks late. I understand that after he broke up with her, he felt bad about it and went back to her. In an interview with Robert Lincoln,he said his parents were in love and that the Ann Rutledge story is not true. Since he lived vin their home and they were both long dead,no need to save face. He said he was tired of hearing about it.

@@ritawilliams8686 well, in any case, he was a "honeymoon" baby....

Ummmmm. Yes there are many, countless that's gone through worse.

She was very short. Only 4'9" .

@@Brisoup1 and AL was 6'4....

Google it dude. Quit being lazy. It's not 1879 anymore.

Google says 5’2” tall. Recently finished a book about her, & she truly had several tragedies in her life. 🇺🇸

no. He did not have Graves Ddisease.

That's what I heard!!!! 8^D

animation Masters yt yes. It’s an old edited photo. The full photo shows Abraham in the background. It was done by a famous con artist back in the day.

Ok just checking

Al Bundy.

@@simonrandall5471 classic

@@mistervacation23 Not sure what that quote has to do with Mrs Lincoln though....

@@simonrandall5471 she's fat

I think that was do to racism

You are right. All about ladies not working in the sun. Nothing to do with racisim,

Laugh when the Marines come then we will see what country is laughing ask a certain middle eastern dictator oh wait america had him killed

Smug Smugly Why don't you grow a pear? Haha see what I did there

That was my first thought. It's called a tan line.

You know those were my mother's dying words, but when your covered in 3rd degree burns, and one foots caught in a bear trap your gonna start talking crazy.

Few books out there you might read. The Real Lincoln and Lincoln Unmasked by Thomas J DiLorenzo many books listed in the back of his books as references and Lincoln,The Man Behind the Myth by Stephen B Oates, to name a few.

silly little girls your sentence makes no sense and even a complete sentence

Robert did not take away her freedom. She was deeply mentally disturbed - paranoia, hallucinations and walking around Chicago with over $50,000 in bonds, etc sewed to her petticoats (that's over $1 million today). Robert was a very loving son and had her committed for her own safety and well being.

Bot XV How so?

What a coincidence! I wouldn't consider you a significant human being, either!

Flip Side Wut

Yeah I say the same - whut?? Are you insane?

He was the greatest president of all time with succeeding in the most difficult task ever put on any presidents shoulders up until his death and even days after. No other president in American history had such a difficult task but Washington was up there along similar duties as well. Both were amazing.

@@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 Please don't feed the trolls. They enjoy annoying people. Re: Lincoln I just finished an excellent book full of newly uncovered documents, "They Have Killed Papa Dead!" (which is what poor little Tad cried to the White House doorman when he was brought home that night..

Lincoln was a decent guy.