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Through his brother, Dr. John Todd, he was the uncle of U.S. Representative and Union General John Blair Smith Todd. When only fourteen years old, Todd began attending Transylvania College in Lexington, graduating four years later when he was eighteen. Career
Mar 7, 2022 · By Kevin Orlin Johnson March 7, 2022 Blog. On July 17, 1849, Robert Smith Todd of Lexington, Kentucky, died suddenly of cholera. He was among thousands who’d die in the world-wide epidemic that had already killed former president James K. Polk a month before and would be blamed for the death of Edgar Allan Poe a bit later.
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Mary’s father Robert Smith Todd was born in 1791, a year before Kentucky became a state. Educated at Transylvania College, he studied law but chose to go into business. After co-owning a store, he became a partner in a cotton factory and president of the Lexington branch of the Bank of Kentucky.
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Robert Smith Todd (1791-1849) Mary Todd Lincoln was from a prominent Lexington family. Her father, Robert Smith Todd, was a wealthy businessman with connections to many noted bluegrass politicians. The son of a pioneer founder of Lexington, Robert was born there in February 1791. He studied at Transylvania University, became a lawyer, and, in
Mary Todd was born on December 13, 1818, in Lexington, Kentucky. She was the fourth of seven children born to Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Ann Parker Todd.
Mary was the daughter of a prominent Lexington native Robert Smith Todd and his first wife Eliza Parker, who died when Mary was six years old. Mary was the fourth of the eventual sixteen children born in her father’s two marriages.
Jan 23, 2020 · Her father, Robert Smith Todd, was a successful banker and politician, instilling in his children a sense of ambition and public duty. Despite the affluence and social standing of the Todd household, Mary’s childhood was marked by tragedy.
