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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." [7] Eddie's funeral was held at the Lincoln home by the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church , [8] and his body was buried at the nearby Hutchinson Cemetery in Springfield ...

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  2. Feb 17, 2022 · How Abraham Lincoln’s Son Died. For fifty-two days, Eddie lingered between life and death. He coughed endlessly, developed a high fever, and seemed uninterested in food. Though Mary Lincoln rubbed balsam on his chest and tried to nurse him back to health, Edward Baker Lincoln died of likely tuberculosis on Feb. 1, 1850. His parents were ...

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  3. Most likely the disease was pulmonary tuberculosis. 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. Apr 10, 2015 · 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.

  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.

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  7. The friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Edward D. Baker continued for more than two decades – despite differences of politics and geographic distance. The Lincolns’ second son, Edward Baker Lincoln, was named for him when he was born in May 1846. On one occasion in the 1840 campaign, Mr. Lincoln had to rescue Baker when a campaign speech ...

  8. Commonly called consumption, it killed more Americans in 1850 than any other disease: half its victims were under the age of five. [3] After lingering for fifty-two days, Eddy died on a cold and rainy February morning. Mary Lincoln’s cries echoed throughout the dark house. [4]

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