THE FAMILY OF MARY LINCOLN

 

 

            Emilie Todd Helm and her daughter Katherine were Todd family historians.  They spent years corresponding with Todd’s throughout the country and developing family charts.  In the early part of the 1900’s, Emilie sold her papers to Kittochtinny Magazine which published a Todd Family History explaining much of the family history back to James Todd who was born in 1669 in Scotland.

 

            The Todd family traveled from Scotland to Ireland and finally, in 1737, Robert Todd Immigrated to America.  He was the father of 11 children, thus making the Todd family a large and diverse group.  It was this family that could claim among its members statesmen, educators, ministers, war heroes, and the wife of a President, Mary Lincoln.  Since her White House years, Todd’s have tried to tie their family line into Mary Lincoln’s.  Some can – some can not.  Emilie and Katherine Helm’s diligent genealogy work has provided many Todd’s with answers as to whether or not they are related to the former first lady.

 

            Emilie and Katherine protected, and often changed, ages of women in the family.  Emilie’s grandmother commented that a woman’s age was a ‘changeable number," and Emilie heeded her grandmother’s advice on several occasions.  Even in census records, Emilie changed her daughters’ ages. To further protect their age, Emilie listed family members by listing all the male children in their order of birth, and then listing the female children in their birth order.  Here, when information is available, the lists have been changed from Emilie’s original order to placing the children in their descending order of birth. If information is not available, the lists have been left as Emilie originally wrote them. 

 

Generation One

 

 JAMES TODD – died June 22, 1679 in Lanarkshire, Scotland[1]

 

 

Generation Two

 

JOHN TODD – b.  between 1650 – 1660 in Lanarkshire or Forfar, Angus Scotland – d. between 1717 - 1719 in County Armagh, Ireland.[2]

John Todd married twice.  The name of his first wife has not been found, but together they had six children.   

 

A.      James Todd  - b. (?)  died in 1757 in Ballymore parish in County Armagh.  He married Ellinor  (?).

B.     Samuel Todd – b. (1696 - 1698) in Ireland – d. 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia.  He married Ann Houston.

C.     William Todd – b (?)  d (1780) He married Jean Lowe and possibly immigrated to Pennsylvania then to Rockbridge County, Virginia.[3]

D.     ROBERT TODD – b. 1697 in County Armagh, Ireland - d. April 3, 1775 in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  He is also referred to as “Robert the Emigrant.”   Immigrated to Pennsylvania with his brother Andrew in 1737.  Married first to Ann Smith in Ireland.  They had two sons.  He then married Isabella Bodley Hamilton in Ireland.  They had nine children.

E.     Elizabeth Todd - b. (?)  d. (?)  married William Morehead

F.      Esther Todd – b. (?) d. (?) married John Sloan.

The child of JOHN TODD and his second wife Rose Cornell was:

G.     Andrew Todd – b. (?) in County Armagh, Ireland d. 1791 in Louisa County, Virginia at the home of his son, Dr. Andrew Todd.  Married a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth McDowell (b. 1721 – d. July 8, 1773)

 

Generation Three

 

 ROBERT TODD (John, James) – b. 1697 – d. April 3, 1775.  He came to America in 1737 with his brother Andrew.   ROBERT died near Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  He is buried in the Providence Church graveyard.  His first wife was Ann Smith.  Together they had:

A.      John Todd – b. 1719 in County Armagh, Ireland. d. July 27, 1793 Married Margaret Thompson (1736-1809).  John was a famed Presbyterian minister and an original member of the Presbytery of Hanover.

B.     DAVID TODD - b. April 8, 1723 d. February 8, 1785.  Married Hannah Owen on April 4, 1749.

 

ROBERT TODD then married Isabella Bodley Hamilton about 1725.  Together they had:

C.    Elizabeth  - b. 1730  - d.  May 21, 1790 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  Married (1) William Parker           (2) Arthur McFarland.

D.    Robert – b. June 20, 1732 in County Armagh, Ireland d. February 22, 1816 in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He is buried in Lower Providence graveyard.  He married Ellinor McFarland (b. March 9, 1734 d. February 20, 1794)

E.     Samuel – b. June 20, 1732 - d. 1812.  He moved to Indiana County, Pennsylvania.  He married his cousin Ann Todd. (Daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth [McDowell] Todd.

F.     Levi – b. 1738 d. 1828.

G.     Mary  - b. (?)  d. (?)  She married James Parker.  They moved to Kentucky in 1784.

H.     Sarah – b. (?) d. (?) may not really belong in this family.  She married John Finley on May 4, 1762.

I.         William – b. 1739 at Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. October 1810.  He moved to Western Pennsylvania about 1765 and was one of the judges in the election of members of the Constitutional Convention of 1776.  He married Ann Rambo on November 27, 1776.

J.      Rebecca – b. (1740?) d. (?) married Robert Major.

K.     Andrew- b. 1757 d. 1838.  He lived at Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  He became known as Colonel Andrew Todd.  He married Hannah Boyer ( d. 1838)

 

Generation Four

 

DAVID TODD (Robert, John, James) b. April 8, 1723 in County Armagh, Ireland.  d. February 8, 1785 in Lexington, Kentucky.   Before coming to Kentucky he had been a farmer in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  He moved to Kentucky to join his sons Levi and Robert in 1783.  On April 4, 1749, DAVID TODD married Hannah Owen (b. October 25, 1725 d. 1813 at the home of her son Levi.)  They had six children:

 

A.     John Todd – b. March 27, 1750 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. August 18, 1782 at the battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky.  He married Jane Hawkins in Richmond, Virginia in the year 1780.  John came to Kentucky in 1775.

B.     Elizabeth – b. November 13, 1752 – died February 5, 1803.  On January 4, 1774, Elizabeth married Roger North (died in 1831),

C.    Robert – b. April 19, 1754 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. March 20, 1814.  Robert went to Kentucky in 1776.  He rose to the military rank of General.  On January 3, 1782, he married his cousin Anne Todd (b. August 26, 1756 – died August 31, 1828) the daughter of Rev. John and Margaret (Thompson) Todd.

D.    LEVI TODD – b. October 4, 1756 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. September 6, 1807 in Lexington, Kentucky.  He moved to Kentucky in 1776.  As a member of the military he eventually earned the rank of General.  General Todd married Jane “Betsy” Briggs on February 25, 1779.    She died in July 1800.  General Todd then married Jane Holmes Tantum in about 1803.

E.     Owen – b. April 20, 1762 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. December 6, 1817.  He moved to Kentucky in 1794 with his parents and the family of his brother-in-law, Elijah Smith.   Owen later became a Judge and moved to Ohio.  Then in early 1817 moved to Vevay, Indiana.  Judge Todd was first married in 1782 to Elizabeth Smith (d. 1783), who was reported to be his cousin.    On June 9, 1790, Judge Todd married Maria Jane Paxton  (b. April 22, 1771 – died 1834 in Madison, Indiana.)

F.     Hannah – b. January 11, 1765  - d. 1824 near Georgetown, Kentucky.  In February 1782, Hannah married first to Elijah Smith who was the father of all of her children.  After Mr. Smith’s death, Hannah married James Kelley.  Together they lived in Scott County, Kentucky.

 

Generation Five

 

  LEVI TODD (David, Robert, John, James) – b. October 4, 1756 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania d. September 6, 1807. He was educated in Virginia with his elder brothers.  Levi studied law, became a surveyor and moved to Kentucky in 1776.  He was an officer under George Rogers Clark and rose to the rank of major general.  He was on of the pioneer settlers of Kentucky living at Fort Harrodsburg, Logan’s Fort, and Todd’s station.  He became one of the first lot owners in the newly found city of Lexington, Kentucky on December 26, 1781.   Levi built a brick residence outside the city limits of Lexington on Boonesboro Road.  He named his home “Ellerslie” after the Todd ancient, ancestral home in Scotland.   On February 25, 1779, LEVI TODD married Jane “Betsy” Briggs, the daughter of Captain Samuel and Sarah (Logan) Briggs.  Their children were:

 

            A.  Hannah – b. February 1781 at Logan’s Fort, Kentucky d. March 1834 of cholera.  She is believed to have been the first white child born in Kentucky.

 In 1802, Hannah married Reverend Robert Stuart.  Their children were:

 

1.     Mary Jane Stuart – (March 16, 1804 – June 3, 1889)

  Married Daniel Branch Price on May 10, 1836.

                   2.   Eliza Ann Stuart  - (1805 – August 11, 1884)

                         Married Rev. Samuel Steel.

       3.  John Todd Stuart -  (November 10, 1807 – November 28, 1885)

             Married Mary Virginia Nash on October25, 1837.

 Moved to Springfield, Illinois and was the senior law partner and friend to Abraham Lincoln.

                  4.   Robert Todd Stuart – (April 10, 1810 – September 23, 1880)

Moved to Missouri and married Jane Gaines Miller on November 27, 1838.

5.    Rev. David Todd Stuart – (June 23, 1812 – September 26, 1868)

Lived in Kentucky and married Olivia Winchester Hall on October 28, 1836.

6.    Samuel Davies Stuart – (February15, 1815 – June 19, 1895)

Married Cornelia St. Clair Waddell on November 15, 1838.

7.    Margaret Todd Stuart – (September 20, 1817 – March 23, 1916)

Lived in Versailles, Kentucky and married Joshua Woodrow on November 27, 1845.

 

B.     Elizabeth – b. 1782 - d. October 1865.  In 1803, she married Charles Carr.  Their children were:

 

1.     Thomas Carr – (May 26, 1802 – 1863).

Married Nancy Dudley

2.     David Todd Carr – (March 4, 1804 – (?)

Married  (1) Roseanne Chiles  (2) Lucy Chiles (They were sisters)

3.     Alfred William Carr – (February 2, 1806 – (?)

Married Elizabeth Graves.

4.     Dabney Walter Carr – (February 24, 1808 – October 14, 1830)

Unmarried

5.     Elizabeth Jane Carr – (April 15, 1810 – (?))

Married Henry T. Chiles

6.     Judge Walter Chiles Carr – (March 19, 1812 – (?)

Married Stephanie Beatrice Wescott

7.     Anna Maria Carr – (April 26, 1814 – (?))

Married Captain Thomas Chiles Davis

8.     Martha Ellen Carr – (April 1816 – July 7, 1817)

9.     Susan Frances Carr – (March 30, 1818 – (?)

Married (1) John Kerr (2) Gen. Hugh Dunlap   (3) John. Craig

10. Judge Levi Todd Carr – August 6, 1820 – (?)

Married Eliza Block

11. Judge Charles Doloney Carr – (December 9, 1824 – (?)

Married Mary Diolake

12. Mary Ellen Carr – (December 9, 1824 – July 8, 18??)

Married Colonel Alfred M. Young

13. Robert Elisha Carr (August 9, 1827 – (?)

Married Sarah Block (a woman of Jewish faith)

 

C.    Dr. John Todd – b. April 27, 1787 – in Lexington, Kentucky, d. January 9, 1865 in Springfield, Illinois.  He married Elizabeth Fisher Blair Smith July 1, 1813. They moved to Illinois in 1817.

 Their children were:

 

1.     John Blair Smith Todd – (April 4, 1814 – January 5, 1872)

Married Catherine S. Hoffman

2.     Francis Walton “Walter” Todd – (April 17, 1816 – (?)

Married Mrs. L. M. Jackson

3.     William L. Todd – (April 14, 1818 – (?)

Married Clarissa J. Pike (?)

4.     Elizabeth J. Todd – (January 29, 1825 – September 23, 1895)

Married (1) Harrison J. Grimsley (2) Rev. John H. Brown

5.     Lockwood M. Todd – (June 17, 1826 – (?)

Married Emily Husband

6.     Frances Stuart “Fannie” Todd – (December 19, 1832 – February 1,                               1851)

Married Thomas H. Shelby

 

D.    Nancy – b. (?)  - d (?) believed to be the fourth child or possibly a twin.

Married Dr. John Todd, her 1^st cousin and the son of Judge Robert Todd.  Their children were:

1.      Dr. David Todd (? -?) married Miss Hicks.

2.      Dr. Thomas Todd – (?-?) – no children

3.      Ann Todd – (?-?) – no children

 

E.     Judge David Todd – b. March 29, 1786 – d. June 9, 1859 in Columbia,

Missouri. On April 7, 1812, David married Eliza Barr.  They moved to Missouri in 1816.  Their children were:

 

1.     Rebecca Todd – (?-?) married G. W. Samuels

2.     Ann E Todd – (?-?) married Thomas M. Campbell

3.     Robert Barr Todd – (January 17, 1826 -?)

Married Anne Ruth Brigham on October 17, 1850

4.     William M. Todd  - (about 1829 – September 7, 1881)

Married Ms. Semmes.

5.     Caroline Todd – (?-?) never married

6.     Letita B. Todd – (? -?) married Edward C. Breck.

7.     Dora Todd (also referred to as Medora) – (? -?)

8.     Davidella – (? -?)

9.     Walter Brashear Todd – (October 18, 1818 – September 26, 1845[4])

 

F.     Anne Marie  - b. June 17, 1778  - d. May 7, 1863

Ann stayed with her brother Robert Smith Todd to tend to his children after the death of his wife Eliza Parker Todd. 

Married Walter Bullock. Ann was his second wife. There were no descendants.

           

G.    ROBERT SMITH TODD – b. February 25, 1791 – d. July 16, 1849

(See Generation Six)

           

 

H.     Samuel Briggs Todd – b. May 15, 1793 at Lexington, Kentucky – d. September 3, 1876 at Columbia, Missouri.  Samuel fought at the River Raisin with his brothers, and was wounded in the left shoulder.  He was captured by Indians and was later ransomed.  He married Caroline Barr (b. February 28, 1794 – d. September 1, 1875) from Fayette County, Kentucky.  Their children were:

 

1.     Thomas Todd – (October 1, 1828 –. December 20, 1828)

2.     Mary Jean Todd – (June 27, 1830 – June 26, 1833)

3.     Margaret Ann Todd – (June 9, 1832 -?)

4.     Laura Jane Todd – (June 15, 1834 – June 18, 1902)

 

I.         Roger North Todd – b. September 5, 1797 – d. April 11, 1846.  He moved to Missouri in 1819.  He married Matilda Ferguson (b. 1802 – d. March 11, 1871).  Their children were:

 

1.     Susan Jeannette Todd – (? -?) married C. C. Branham.

2.     Barry Todd – (? -?)

3.     Robert Levi Todd – (? -?)

4.     David Henry Todd – (?- 1830)

5.     Caroline Ferguson Todd – (? -?) married John Brunan.  No descendants.

6.     Matilda Jane Todd – (?-1840)

7.     Mary Eliza Todd – (?-?) married Thomas B. Gentry

8.     Edgar Todd – (? – 1842)

9.     John North Todd – (? -?)

 

 

J.      Jane Briggs Todd – (b. June 3, 1796 – d. Mary 30, 1856). One June 2, 1819, Jane married Daniel Breck (February 12, 1788- February 4, 1871) He became a federal judge.  Judge Daniel Breck and Jane Briggs Todd had the following children:

 

1.     John Todd Breck– (? – February 19, 1839) unmarried.

2.     Daniel  Breck - (? – March 13, 1856)

Married Miss Ramsey &?. He had no children.

3.     Ann Maria Breck – (? -?)

Married Dr. Frank A. Ramsey

4.     Samuel Breck – (? -August 24, 1846) unmarried.

5.     Rev. Robert Levi Breck– (?-?) – married Martha Rodes[5]

6.     Edward C. Breck – (? -?) – married Letitia Todd

7.     Elizabeth Hannah Breck – (? -?) married Judge William C. McDowell.

8.     Charles Hampton Breck – (? -?) – married Miss Ford.

 

K.     Margaret B. Todd – b.  June 4, 1799 – d. November 27, 1865[6].

Married Colonel William Rodes (1792 - d. July 1856) in Fayette County, Kentucky.  She was his second wife.  They had one child. 

 

1.     Levi Todd Rodes- (about 1831- August 1890) He married  ___ Martin.  The only child they had was a son, who was born and died in July 1860.

 

After the death of his first wife, General Levi Todd married Mrs. Jane Holmes-Tatum.  Together, they had one son.

 

L.      James Clarke Todd – b. about 1807 – d. June 1849.

Married Maria Blair, the daughter of Samuel Blair.  James was the Sheriff of Fayette County, Kentucky.  James abandoned his wife Maria and their two small boys:

 

1.     Samuel Blair Todd – (? -?) Married Sallie Kay.

2.     Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd (? -?).  Married Fannie Swift.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation Six

 

ROBERT SMITH TODD (Levi, David, Robert, John, James) b. February 25, 1791 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. July 16, 1849 in Lexington, Kentucky during a cholera epidemic. Robert Todd married twice. His first wife, Eliza Parker, was the daughter of Robert Parker and his wife Elizabeth Porter. They were distantly related to one another. Their children were:

           

A.     Elizabeth P. Todd – b. November 18, 1813 in Lexington, Kentucky – died February 22, 1888 in Springfield, Illinois.  She married Ninian Wirt Edwards on February 18, 1832 in Lexington, Kentucky when Ninian was a law student at Transylvania University.  They moved to Springfield after Ninian finished his studies later that spring.  Their children were:

 

1.      Julia Edwards – (? -?) married E. L. Baker.  They had three children.  It was their son, Edward Lewis Baker who became a favorite of Mary Lincoln and traveled with her to New York.

2.      Elizabeth Edwards  - (? -?) married E. P. Clover.  They had two sons.

3.      Albert S. Edwards – (? -1915) married Josephine Remann. They had at least one daughter.

4.       Charles Edwards – (? -?) married Helen Hickox.  They had one daughter – Edith.

5.       Unidentified child was lost in 1836.[7]

 

 

B.     Francis Jane Todd – b. March 7, 1815 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. August 14, 1899 in Springfield, Illinois.  Francis moved to Springfield, IL with her sister Elizabeth and new brother-in-law, Ninian W. Edwards.  On May 21, 1839, Francis married William S. Wallace (August 10, 1802 – May 23, 1867). Their children were:

 

1.     William F. Wallace – (? – July 1923)

2.     Frances Wallace – (?- May, 1881)

3.     Edward D. Wallace – (? -?)

4.     Charles F. Wallace – (? -?)

5.     Mary F. Wallace – (? – September 1911) married Colonel John P. Baker.

 

C.    Levi Oldham Todd – b. June 25, 1817 – d. July 18, 1864.  Levi married Louise Searles, but by the time of his death, he and his wife were separated and had filed for divorce.  He died at the Broadway Hotel in Lexington and was buried in an unmarked grave in the Todd family section of the Lexington Cemetery.  He and Louise had the following children:

1.      Robert S. Todd – (? -?)

2.      Louisa Todd (? -?) married Edward Keyes.

3.      Ella Todd – (?-?) married John D. Canfield

4.      Edward Todd – (about 1853 -?)

 

D.    MARY ANN TODD -  b. December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. July 16, 1882  in Springfield, Illinois.(See Generation Seven)

 

 

E.     Ann Marie Todd – b. 1824 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. March 21, 1891 in California.  She moved to Springfield, Illinois sometime after Francis’s marriage.  Ann married Clark Moulton Smith (May 10, 1820 – July 28, 1885.)  Their children were:

 

1.     Edgar  Todd Smith – (? – July 1, 1921)

2.     Allen H. Smith – (?-March 29, 1910)

3.     Clara Smith – (? -?)

4.     Minnie Smith – (? -?)

5.     Lincoln Smith – (1850 – 1860)

 

 

F.     Robert Parker Todd – b. 1820 – d. July 1822 at age 14 months.

 

G.    George Rogers Clark Todd – b. July 1825 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. about 1902 in Camden, South Carolina.  George was days old when his mother, Eliza Parker Todd, died of childbed fevers.  He obtained his medical degree from Translvania University in 1848.   During the Civil War, he was a surgeon for the Confederate Army and in charge of Rickersville Hospital.   He married twice.  His first wife was Ann H. Curry.  Together they had:

 

 

1.      Mattie P. Todd  - (? – January 1909)

 

Ann divorced George on the grounds of cruelty.

George then married Martha Belton Lyles.  Their children were:

 

1.      George Rogers Clark Todd – (? -?)

 

Sixteen months after the death of his first wife, Eliza Parker Todd, Robert Smith Todd traveled to Frankfort, Kentucky to marry again.  On November 1, 1826, he married Elizabeth “Betsey” Humphreys at the home of her mother Mrs. Alexander Humphreys.  Together they had the following children:

H.     Robert Humphreys Todd (1827-1827) lived only a few days.

 

I.         Margaret Todd – b. December 14, 1828 in Lexington, Kentucky – March 13, 1904.  She married Charles H. Kellogg in 1846.  Their children were:

 

1.     Franklin Pierce Kellogg – (? -?)

2.     Anita M. Kellogg – (? -?)

3.     M. C. Kellogg – (? -?)

4.     Annie Kellogg – (? -?)

5.     Elizabeth Kellogg – (? -?)

6.     Mattie Kellogg – (1859 – November 11, 1924)

7.     Alice Kellogg – (? -?) married her 1^st cousin Percy Dawson.

 

J.      Samuel Brown Todd – b. March 25, 1830 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. April 7, 1862 in route to Corinth, Mississippi.  Samuel attended Center College.  He joined the Confederate forces.  On the second day of fighting at the battle of Shiloh, Samuel was mortally wounded. 

      He married Cletie Royes (er) in 1856.  Their children were:

 

1.      Charles Royes (er) Todd – (? -?)

2.      Ernestine Todd – (? -?)

3.      Lizzie Todd – (? -?)

4.      Samuel B. Todd – (? -?)

 

K.     David Humphreys Todd – b. March 20, 1832 in Lexington, Kentucky – d.  August 1871 in Huntsville, Alabama.  David ran away from home at the age of 14.  He went to California looking for gold and silver.  During the Civil War, he was a Captain in the Confederate Army.  He was in charge of Legin Prison and later was in charge of Libby Prison.  He married Susan Turner Williamson.  They had one daughter:

 

1.      Elise Todd – (? -?) married George L. Sampson on August 5, 1885.

 

L.      Martha K. Todd – b. June 9, 1833 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. July 9, 1868.  She married Clement B. White in 1852.  There were no children.

 

M.    Emilie Pariet Todd – b. November 11, 1836 in Lexington, Kentucky– d. February 20, 1930 at Helm Place in Lexington, Kentucky.  Emilie was known to the Lincoln’s as “Little Sister”.   On March 20, 1856 at Buena Vista in Frankfort, Kentucky, Emilie married Benjamin Hardin Helm.  He began a Brigadier General for the Confederate forces and was killed will leading Kentucky’s Orphan Brigade during the battle of Chickamauga.  Emilie devoted the rest of her life to their children, the Daughters of the Confederacy, her relationship with the Lincoln family, and Todd genealogy.  The children of Ben and Emilie Helm were:

 

.1 Katherine Helm – (September 2, 1857 – June 18, 1937)

Author of Mary, Wife of Lincoln and artist of six portraits of her Aunt Mary Lincoln as well as countless Southern officials.

2.      Elodie Helm – (1859 – June 15, 1953).  She married Waller Lewis.  There were no children.

3.      Benjamin Hardin Helm – (1862 – May 1946)

 

There are no further descendants from this line.

 

N.     Alexander Humphreys Todd – b. February 18, 1839 in Lexington, Kentucky  – d. August 5, 1862 in Louisiana.  Alex joined the Confederate forces and was killed in “friendly fire’ at the Battle of Baton Rouge.

 

 

O.     Elodie Breck Todd (sometimes called Jane) – b.? in Lexington, Kentucky – d. (?) in Selma, Alabama.  She married N.H.R. Dawson.  He rose to the rank of Captain in the Confederate forces.  Their children were:

 

1.      Selma – (? -?)

2.      Percy – (? -?)  Married his 1^st cousin Alice Kellogg.

3.      Unidentified son – (b. January 9, 1862 – died before January 14, 1862)

 

P.     Katharine Bodley Todd – (nickname Kitty) – b. October 7, 1841 in Lexington, Kentucky – d April 17, 1875 in Louisville, KY.  On January 11, 1866 she married William Wallace Herr (1834 – 1911) of Louisville, Kentucky.  Their children were:

 

1.  Robert Todd Herr – (April 24, 1868 – July 24, 1869)

1.     Hardin Helm Herr – (? -?)

2.     Shirley Herr– (? -?)

3.     Mattie W. Herr – (April 16, 1872 – July 1, 1885)

4.     William C. Herr – (April 7, 1875 – July 19, 1875)

 

 

Generation Seven

 

 

MARY ANN TODD (LINCOLN) – b. December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky – d. July 16. 1882 in Springfield, Illinois.  She moved to Illinois in 1839.  There she married Abraham Lincoln (16^th president of the United States) on November 4, 1842.  Their children were:

 

A.     Robert Todd Lincoln – b. August 1, 1843 in Springfield, Illinois – d. July 26, 1926 in Manchester, Vermont.

B.     Edward Baker Lincoln – b. March 10, 1846 in Springfield, Illinois –d. February 1, 1850 in Springfield, Illinois

C.    William Wallace Lincoln – b. December 21, 1850 in Springfield, Illinois – d. February 20, 1862 in Washington, D.C.

D.    Thomas Lincoln (Tad) – b. April 4, 1853 in Springfield, Illinois – d. July 16, 1871 in Chicago, Illinois.

 

 

 

Generation Eight

 

Robert Todd Lincoln – b. August 1, 1843 in Springfield, Illinois – d. July 26, 1926 in Manchester, Vermont.  On September 24, 1868, Robert married Mary Eunice Harlan in Washington D.C.   Mary (1846 – March 31, 1937) was the daughter of Senator James Harlan and Ann Eliza Peck of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.  Robert was a Captain under General Grant, a corporation lawyer, Secretary of War under presidents Garfield and Arthur, Minister to Great Britain, President of the Pullman Company, and a gentleman farmer.  He and his wife Mary had the following descendants:

 

A.     Mary Lincoln – b. October 15, 1869 – d. November 21, 1938.  She married Charles Isham (July 20, 1853 – June 8, 1919) on September 2, 1891. They had one son:

 

1.      Lincoln Isham – (June 8, 1892 –  September 1971). He married Telhoma Correa on August 20, 1919.).  There were no children.

 

B.     Abraham Lincoln, Jr.  (Jack) – b August 14, 1873  - d.  March 5, 1890. He died of blood poisoning in London, England.

 

C.    Jessie Lincoln – b. November 6, 1875 – d. January 4, 1948.  She married 1) Warren Beckwith 2). Frank Edward Johnson 3). Robert J. Randolf.  Jessie and Warren Beckwith had the following children::

 

1.      Mary Lincoln Beckwith  (Peggy) – (August 22, 1898 – 1975)

     Never married.

2.      Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith – (July 19, 1904 – December 24, 1985) He married: 1) Mrs. Hazel Holland Wilson  2)  Annamarie Hoffman  3) Margaret Fristoe

     There were no children.