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Tag Archives: Bud and Holly Taft
Mary Lincoln’s Bad Hat Story
First the source. When she was a very old lady in 1931, Julia Taft Bayne published a slim volume called Tad Lincoln’s Father. It was her personal memoir of 1861-2, when, as a teenager, she spent a good deal of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln friends Bud and Holly Taft, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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The First Burial of Willie Lincoln
Willie Lincoln was 11 when he died in the White House. Willie. In December, 1850, ten months after his sickly four year old brother Edward Baker Lincoln died, William Wallace Lincoln was born. He was the third son born to … Continue reading
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Tad Lincoln and The Doll Jack
All kids need toys. Tad: A Child With Problems Tad was the Lincolns’ fourth and last child born after a grueling two-day labor. He was born with a cleft palate, a not-uncommon malformation in the mouth routinely corrected in infancy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Gardener John Watt, history, Julia Taft Baynes, Lincoln pardons The Doll Jack, Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Tad Lincoln, Tad Lincoln's cleft palate, Tad Lincoln's Doll Jack, Tad Lincoln's playmates, The Doll Jack, Thomas (Tad) Lincoln, US history, White House Gardener Watt, White House history, Willie Lincoln
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The Short Sweet Life of Willie Lincoln
Despite the fact that Willie Lincoln died before his 12th birthday, he was arguably the happiest of the Lincoln family. Willie Lincoln in Springfield, IL William Wallace Lincoln (1850-1862) was named for his uncle-by-marriage. Dr. William Wallace, married to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln son Willie, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Elmer Ellsworth, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln friends Bud and Holly Taft, Lincoln law partner William Herndon, Lincoln's son Thomas, Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, the death of Elmer Ellsworth, the death of Senator Edward Baker, The death of Willie Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, US history, White House history, William Wallace Lincoln, Willie Lincoln, Willie Lincoln's childhood, Willie Lincoln's death
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