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The last Lincon family tragedy - Rhatkinson - 07-15-2013 06:08 PM
Tad Lincoln died this date in 1871. Mary Lincoln had her faults, but she sure did endure more tragedies than anyone should have to bear.
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - L Verge - 07-15-2013 08:39 PM
Among celebrities, the only one in modern times comparable to Mrs. Lincoln would be the senior Rose Kennedy.
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - Donna McCreary - 07-15-2013 10:09 PM
On July 15, 1849, Robert Smith Todd, Mary's father passed away during a cholera epidemic.
On July 15, 1875, Tad Lincoln passed away.
On July 15, 1882, Mary spoke her last words, slipped into a coma at 1 am on July 16th, and died later that evening.
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - LincolnMan - 07-21-2013 08:52 PM
How weird that they all occurred on July 15th.
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - Hess1865 - 07-22-2013 06:57 AM
(07-21-2013 08:52 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: How weird that they all occurred on July 15th.
Sort of like the 3 deaths that happened on August 16:
August 16, 1939-bluesman Robert Johnson dies
August 16, 1948-Babe Ruth passes away
August 16, 1977-Elvis Presley found dead
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - RJNorton - 07-22-2013 08:41 AM
Amazing, Mr. Hess!
Here is a really in-depth commentary by one author looking at the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826.
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - LincolnMan - 07-23-2013 07:54 AM
The Adams and Jefferson thing has always amazed me. Apparently, neither one wanted to actually pass away before the other. I think Jefferson even spoke about Adams on the day he died.
RE: The last Lincon family tragedy - Jim Garrett - 07-23-2013 05:12 PM
James Monroe also died on the 4th of July, 1831. There is a terrific book "who's Buried In Grants Tomb?" by Brian Lamb and the staff of C-Span. to quote this book regarding James Madison, "A neighbor of Jefferson's in the Virginia piedmont, Madison was treated by the same physician, Dr. Robley Dunglison, who tended to Jefferson in his final days. In his last months, clearly on the verge of death, Madison was told that drugs could prolong his life until the Fourth of July. He refused to try to delay the inevitable and thus did not survive to share the same memorable day of death as Presidents Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe."