The girls Mary hired

[Donna McCreary]

I am working on a list of the hired help at the Lincoln Home in Springfield. Their staff gave me a list of hired girls, but I am having some difficulty documenting the legitimacy of some of the girls. Does anyone know anything about the following:
Mary Hogan, Irish
Margaret Browne, Irish
Marty DeFrates, Portuguese
Biddy Patterson, African American
Margaret Fagan, Irish

I have checked HERNDON'S INFORMANTS and MARY LINCOLN: HER LIFE AND LETTERS.

I have sent a request for information to the historian at the Lincoln Home, but thought someone here may have information as well.

Thanks!