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  1. Abraham Lincoln referenced Eddie's death in a letter to his stepbrother John D. Johnston, noting that Eddie was "sick fifty-two days," and "We miss him very much." Eddie's funeral was held at the Lincoln home by the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and his body was buried at the nearby Hutchinson Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

  2. Feb 17, 2022 · Though Mary Lincoln gave him medicine, rubbed balsam on his chest, fed him oatmeal and gruel, and otherwise tried her best to nurse him back to health, Edward Baker Lincoln died on Feb. 1, 1850. He was three years old.

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  3. After 52 days of acute illness, Eddie died on February 1, 1850, a month short of his fourth birthday. On the following Sunday, services were conducted by Reverend James Smith of the First Presbyterian Church.

  4. On one occasion in the 1840 campaign, Mr. Lincoln had to rescue Baker when a campaign speech for the State Senate got him in trouble. Baker’s attack on Democratic newspaper editors drew a strong reaction from the crowd. Cries of “Pull him down” brought Mr. Lincoln down onto the platform from a trap door above.

  5. Jan 20, 2018 · Eddie died on February 1, 1850, at their Springfield home a month before his fourth birthday. Initially, his body was placed at Hutchinson's Cemetery in Springfield with a marble tombstone marking the grave.

  6. Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie), born in 1846, died February 1, 1850, probably of tuberculosis. Lincoln's third son, "Willie" Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died of a fever at the White House on February 20, 1862.

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  8. After a long illness he died in the family home on February 1, 1850. Because he died so young, little is known of his still-developing personality, only a few impressions of him have survived. Mrs. Lincoln wrote of an occasion when Robert brought home a kitten.

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