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  2. Abraham Lincoln referenced Eddie's death in a letter to his stepbrother John D. Johnston, noting that Eddie was "sick fifty-two days," and "We miss him very much." Eddie's funeral was held at the Lincoln home by the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and his body was buried at the nearby Hutchinson Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

  3. Feb 17, 2022 · Updated May 31, 2024. When Eddie Lincoln died of tuberculosis on February 1, 1850, Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were devastated — but it wouldn't be the last time they’d lose a child. Public Domain Edward “Eddie” Lincoln died just shy of his fourth birthday after suffering for months from tuberculosis.

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  4. Nov 14, 2023 · He died in 1926 at the age of 82. Edward Barker Lincoln. Wikimedia Commons. The Lincolns' second-born son, Edward Barker, is an enigmatic figure in American history on account of the short time he spent on this earth. Born in 1846, he was named for his father's friend Edward Dickinson Baker, per the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation.

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  5. 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. The little boy was buried in nearby Hutchinson’s Cemetery a few blocks west of the Lincoln home.

  6. Jan 20, 2018 · He was never a healthy child, suffering from one illness or the other throughout his life. In December 1849, Edward became ill with what was known back then as the consumption disease. He passed away after 52 days of acute illness. A poem named ‘Little Eddie’ (Edward’s nickname) was published a week later in the Illinois Daily Journal.

  7. Mar 15, 2024 · By the time of Lincoln’s death in 1865, the family had bid adieu to Edward Baker Lincoln and William Wallace Lincoln, the couple’s second and third children who passed away in 1850 and 1862 respectively. The surviving Lincolns dealt with a tumultuous period after the assassination of their loved one!

  8. He was named after Edward Baker, a friend and political ally of Lincoln's. Eddie only lived to be three years and ten months old. After a long illness he died in the family home on February 1, 1850.