Did Lincoln Regret Marrying Mary?

[Eva Elisabeth]

At least he was married twice. In 1840, he married Mary Maxcy, with whom he had six children. She died in 1861. In 1862 Herndon married Anna Miles with whom he had three more children. She was 18 years younger, and initially not interested. To woo her, Herndon traveled to Washington in January 1862 in order to seek an office for her sister's husband, Charles W. Chatterton. Anraham Lincoln found the courtship "wonderfully funny", and named Chatterton agent for the Cherokee Indians. This was the last time Herndon and Lincoln met (and Herndon had to borrow $25 because Washington was more expensive than he had expected).