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Eddie died aged 3 years 11 months. Census records list "chronic consumption" (tuberculosis) as the cause.
17 lut 2022 · Though Mary Lincoln gave him medicine, rubbed balsam on his chest, fed him oatmeal and gruel, and otherwise tried her best to nurse him back to health, Edward Baker Lincoln died on Feb. 1, 1850. He was three years old.
Edward Baker Lincoln (March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850) was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He was named after Lincoln's close friend, Edward Dickinson Baker.
8 paź 2024 · Death and Aftermath. Eddie's death had a profound impact on the Lincoln family, shaping their lives in significant ways. Eddie passed away on February 1, 1850, just shy of his fourth birthday. His death occurred at the family home in Springfield, Illinois, where he had spent his entire short life.
29 gru 1996 · The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death: Jeremiah Gurney, Jr. took the photo on April 24, 1865, as President Lincoln lay in state in City Hall in New York
On February 1, 1850, Eddie Lincoln died of "consumption," probably tuberculosis, after a fifty-two day illness. A funeral service was held in the Lincolns' parlor the following day. Several days later an anonymously submitted poetic tribute titled "Little Eddie" appeared in the Illinois Daily Journal .
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.
