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Mary Ann Todd was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday, December 13 1818, to Eliza and Robert Todd, who were members of Lexigton's modt prominent families.
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Mary's little brother was born in1819
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When Mary was just six years old, her mother, Eliza, died from complications associated with childbirth.
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At the age of nine she refused to go see the democratic canidate running for president, Andrew Jackson, because she was a whig.
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At age fourteen, Mary Todd enrolled in a Lexington boarding school known as Mentelle's for young ladies.
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Mary came home from Menetelles for a visit when cholera broke out. More than 500 people died in lexigton. None of her family died, but some of her school friends did.
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Mary Todd graduated at the age of 18.
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Mary went to live in springfeild with her sister, Elizabeth Todd Edwards house in Springfeild, Illinois.
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Mary met Abraham Lincoln at her sisters house because Elizabeth'a husband, Ninian Edwards, was partners with abe
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Mary and Abe started dating. They had a high respect for polotics.
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Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln got married in a surprise wedding because her parents did not approve of Abraham and did not appear at the wedding
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The lincolns first child, Robert Todd Lincoln, was born and named after Mary's father.
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When Mary's dad visited and gave the Lincolns some money, then hired Lincoln in a debt case, the Lincolns were able to build a house.
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Eddie baker lincoln was born!
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Abe was elected to congress and the lincoln family moved to D.C
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Robert Smith Todd, the patriarch of the Todd family, had six chidren by his first wife and eight by his second. While widely successful. he died a dissappointed man in 1849.
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Willie died at age 11 from typhoid fever
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Eddie died at age 3 1/2 from tubercolosis.
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Willie Walace Lincoln was born.
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Thomas Tad Lincoln was born
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Lincoln was assassinated by Jhon Wilkes Booth at fords theater. Mary was with him watching our american cousin.
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Thomas Tad Lincoln died of tubercolosis at the age of 18
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On the anniversary of son's death, Mary had a stroke in the Edwards' home in Springfield, Illinois.
