Oil Painting of Abraham & Mary and Their 3 Boys

[Eva Elisabeth]

..and I'm learning a lot of amazing new phrases...

I was also reminded of the Little Lord. And I doubt girls wore pants in that era or played the drums (Laurie?). The proportions of all the depicted persons are quite odd. Robert looks like a giant!

Linda, how old was FDR at the time the photo was taken? Do you know if this was all his own hair and haircut, or was it a whig?

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(12-03-2013 09:53 AM)Eagleeye1965 Wrote:  

(12-03-2013 09:47 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(12-03-2013 09:04 AM)Eagleeye1965 Wrote:  You know something Bill I could almost swear I read that they did have a little girl but she died at a very young age..I want to say I definatly read that somewhere but I cant say for 100% I did..read some darn much I cant keep track of it all..but my brain wants to say I did..so I am gonna say I must have read that..hows that hahaha

Dave, whoever wrote that was incorrect. All of the Lincoln children were boys.

Rodger that's just what I thought but could swear I read that somewhere while doing some researching

Unfortunately not every source, not even every book, is a credible one. (Most likely) true is that the Lincoln's wished to have a girl. E.g. on Okt., 19, 1860, he wrote 11-year-old Grace Bedell: "I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters - I have three sons - one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age...". (His fourth son, Eddie, had died on Feb.1, 1850.)