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Willie died on February 20, while Tad recovered. However he cried frequently for a month, not only for his brother's death, but for the loss of his other two playmates Bud and Holly, for his mother sent them away after Willie's death, because they reminded her too much of him.
18 set 2017 · Tad Lincoln had just turned 18 when he died. Tad in Springfield, IL Thomas Lincoln, (1853-1871) named for his paternal grandfather, was called Tad from the outset. It was a hard birth, and Tad was born with a cleft palate and its resulting speech impediment.
- Feather Schwartz Foster
Tad Lincoln was the youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He died of tuberculosis in 1871 at the age of 18, after traveling with his mother to Europe and back.
- The Early Life of Thomas ‘Tad’ Lincoln
- Tad Lincoln’s White House Mischief
- Tragedies of The Lincoln White House
- The Final Years of Tad Lincoln’s Short Life
Thomas Lincoln came into the world on April 4, 1853, in the wake of a family tragedy. His parents, Abraham and Mary, had had three sons — Robert, born in 1843, Eddie, born in 1846, and Willie, born in 1850. But Eddie died in 1850, just before his fourth birthday. Abraham and Mary’s fourth child, then, injected joy into their grieving household. Abr...
From the moment the Lincoln family arrived in Washington D.C., the looming crisis of the Civil War consumed Abraham Lincoln. He even entered the city separately from his family — and in secret — because of a plot to assassinate him. Just a month after his inauguration, the conflict began. But as Abraham focused on building an army, Willie and Tad f...
As the Civil war intensified, Willie and Tad Lincoln struggled to get well. But only Tad recovered. Willie, at the age of 11, died on Feb. 20, 1862. “My boy is gone!” cried the president. “He is actually gone.” In one fell swoop, Tad Lincoln had lost his best friend, brother, and playmate. Mary Lincoln had lost her “favorite child” and withdrew fro...
Shortly after his father’s death, Tad Lincoln remarked: “Pa is dead. I can hardly believe that I shall never see him again. I must learn to take care of myself now. Yes, Pa is dead, and I am only Tad Lincoln now, little Tad, like other little boys. I am not a President’s son now. I won’t have many presents anymore. Well, I will try and be a good bo...
- Morgan Dunn
13 nov 2009 · This web page does not answer how Tad Lincoln died, but it mentions that he died at age 18 in 1871. It also describes the lives and deaths of his brothers Willie and Eddie, and his father Abraham Lincoln.
- Missy Sullivan
13 nov 2013 · While staff members grumbled about the usual lack of discipline associated with little boys at play, President and Mrs. Lincoln were delighted. And those innocent adventures were arguably Tad’s happiest memories. A year later, eleven-year-old Willie died of typhoid fever, and Tad’s tragedy began.
On the 15th of July 1871, Tad died either of tuberculosis or congestive heart failure. He was eighteen years old. Tad was buried at the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery with his father and his two brothers.
