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    Mary Todd Lincoln

    First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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  1. Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882 [1]) served as the First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. Mary Todd was born into a large and wealthy slave-owning family in Kentucky, although Mary never owned slaves and in her adulthood came to oppose slavery.

  2. Apr 3, 2014 · One of the most unpopular first ladies in American history, Mary Todd Lincoln was born into a prominent family in Lexington, Kentucky—a town her family had helped found—on December 13, 1818.

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  3. Dec 16, 2009 · Learn about the life and legacy of Mary Todd Lincoln, the first lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865. She was the wife of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, and faced many tragedies and controversies after his assassination.

  4. Aug 21, 2024 · Mary Todd Lincoln (born December 13, 1818, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.—died July 16, 1882, Springfield, Illinois) was an American first lady (1861–65), the wife of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States.

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  5. Mary Todd Lincoln House in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, was the girlhood home of Mary Todd, the future first lady and wife of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Today the fourteen-room house is a museum containing period furniture, portraits, and artifacts from the Todd and Lincoln families.

  6. 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. Her mother Eliza died when Mary was six years old. Her father, a wealthy businessman and slave owner, remarried Elizabeth Humphreys in 1826.

  7. Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. She served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 at Ford’s Theatre.

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