Individual Details
(13 Dec 1818 - 16 Jul 1882)
Mary began living with her sister Elizabeth Porter (née Todd) Edwards in Springfield, Illinois in October 1839. Elizabeth, married to Ninian W. Edwards, son of a former governor, served as Mary's guardian at the time. Mary was popular among the gentry of Springfield, and though she was courted by the rising young lawyer and Democratic Party politician Stephen A. Douglas and others, she chose Abraham Lincoln, a fellow Whig, from their courtship.
Events
| Birth | 13 Dec 1818 | Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky | | | |
| Marriage | 4 Nov 1842 | Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois - President Abraham Lincoln | | | |
| Death | 16 Jul 1882 | Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois | | | |
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