Wife vs Widow

[LincolnToddFan]

(06-23-2013 07:49 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  I don't think so, Bill. Offhand I don't even recall her being in Springfield until 1875 when she lived with the Edwardses. When Tad died in Chicago in 1871 only Robert accompanied Tad's remains to Springfield. Mary stayed in Chicago.

In early Dec 1865, eight months after the tragedy, Mary, Robert and Tad made a visit to Lincoln's grave. It was Mary's first sight of her husband's final resting place, and she became so overcome with grief that she collapsed and was in bed under a doctor's care for days afterward.

She never came back to Springfield until Tad's death six years later.