Mary Lincoln Extra Credit Questions

[Dave Taylor]

(01-13-2016 08:57 PM)Anita Wrote:  Yes Gene, it's the Mansion House in Long Branch, NJ. Mary stayed there from Aug. 16-23, 1861. Willie and Tad were with her along with Hannah Shearer and Elizabeth Grimsley. Robert Lincoln and Hay stayed in an attached cottage. There's a historic marker http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=46931

Long Branch has quite a Presidential history. "Long Branch hosted presidents before and after Garfield, including Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson. There is a “Church of the Presidents” in Long Branch, where all seven worshipped, and “Seven Presidents Beach” is named in honor of their visits." https://garfieldnps.wordpress.com/2012/0...-garfield/

Gene, your prize is a hot dog of your choice at the Windmill or Max's in Long Branch. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/33501

Coincidentally, Long Branch also became a summer home for the members of the Booth family later in life. Joseph Booth, the youngest of the Booth children bought a house in Long Branch, and his mother and sister, Rosalie, lived there with him during the summers for the rest of their lives.

Dr. Joe Booth had some legal troubles with his neighbors at Long Branch because he put up a tall and unsightly fence on his property. Apparently he was tired of people visiting the ice cream shop next door and then staring into his windows as they ate their ice cream in their cars. The neighbors hated how the fence blocked the view of the ocean and took him to court. He fought with them for years about it and someone apparently got so mad at him that they rang his bell one day and threw a brick. His sister Rosalie was the one who opened the door and just barely missed having her head caved in by the brick: