Edward Baker "Eddie" Lincoln (March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850) was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He was named after Lincoln's friend Edward Dickinson Baker, and the youngest Lincoln son to die.
His mother spelled his name "Eddie," while his father spelled it "Eddy."
Little is known about the Lincoln's second boy, but there's a surviving story that says one day during a visit to Mary's family, Eddie's older brother, Ro...
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Edward Baker "Eddie" Lincoln (March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850) was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He was named after Lincoln's friend Edward Dickinson Baker, and the youngest Lincoln son to die.
His mother spelled his name "Eddie," while his father spelled it "Eddy."
Little is known about the Lincoln's second boy, but there's a surviving story that says one day during a visit to Mary's family, Eddie's older brother, Robert, found a kitten and brought it to the house. Despite Mary’s stepmother's dislike of cats and order to throw it out, Eddie screamed and protested. He nursed and cared for the helpless kitten, which he loved. Eddie was described by his parents as a tender-hearted, kind, and loving child.
Eddie died one month short of his fourth birthday. Census records list "chronic consumption" as the cause of death, however, it has been suggested that Eddie died of a different wasting disease: medullary thyroid cancer as part of the genetic cancer...
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