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He was the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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His mother died most likely of milk sickness
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He became engaged to Mary Todd
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Robert Todd Lincoln, was born in 1843 and was Lincoln's only child to live to maturity. Edward Baker Lincoln , 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 fever at the White House on February 20, 1862. The youngest, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and survived his father but died of heart failure at age 18 on July 16, 1871
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He became the 16th president of the USA
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Lincoln ended slavery in the USA
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by stage actor John Wilkes Booth , while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play
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Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 am
