Did Robert Lincoln Ride the Funeral Train to Baltimore?

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(12-11-2014 05:18 AM)loetar44 Wrote:  I found in my files that there were only five direct members of the Lincoln family on the funeral train, when it started from Washington D.C.: Ninian Wirt Edwards (husband of Elizabeth Todd), Clark M. Smith (husband of Ann Todd), Brig. Gen. John Blair Smith Todd (son of Dr. John Todd en Elizabeth Smith), Charles Alexander Smith (brother of Clark M. Smith) and Robert Todd Lincoln. Also on board was David Davis, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (was he family or a close friend?). Robert only rode from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore and returned from there with Nicolay, Hay and Davis.

Kees,

As Roger stated above in post #1 there are conflicting accounts as to whether Robert actually rode the train to Baltimore or not. Do you cite you one of the above sources in your files - or do you have a different/new one? This is an interesting question that apparently does not have an easy answer.

Thanks!