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Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (July 19, 1904 – December 24, 1985) was an American gentleman farmer and the great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln. [1] In 1975, he became the last known undisputed legal descendant of Lincoln when his sister, Mary Lincoln Beckwith , died without children.
Of Robert's children, Jessie Harlan Lincoln Beckwith had two children, but neither Mary Lincoln Beckwith ("Peggy") nor Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith had children of their own. Robert's other daughter, Mary Todd Lincoln ("Mamie") married Charles Bradford Isham in 1891. They had one son, Lincoln Isham, [37] who married Leahalma Correa in 1919, [38 ...
Jessie Harlan Lincoln was born on November 6, 1875, in Chicago to Mary and Robert Todd Lincoln. At the time of her birth, Robert Lincoln was practicing law in Chicago. [2] She was the last of three children of Robert Todd Lincoln. [3] Jessie's sister and brother were, respectively: Mary "Mamie" Lincoln, October 15, 1869 – November 21, 1938 ...
Pictured are Abraham Lincoln’s great-grandchildren, Mary Lincoln Beckwith and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. The "Picturing Lincoln" initiative by the Abraham Lincoln President Library and Museum ...
They did not have any children. Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904–1985) was a gentleman farmer and great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln. He became the last undisputed descendant of Abraham Lincoln when his sister, Mary, died in 1975, having no children. [14]
"Peggy" Lincoln at age 14. Beckwith was born to Jessie Harlan Lincoln [2] and Warren Wallace Beckwith on August 22, 1898, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She got the nickname "Peggy" from her grandfather Robert Todd Lincoln, who described her hair as "flying in the sun" when he wrote to his Aunt Emile Todd Helm. People who were close to her called her ...
Robert Todd Lincoln was the legal counsel for Pullman after serving as secretary of war for Presidents James Garfield and Chester Arthur. When George Pullman, the company founder, died in 1897 ...
On July 2, 1881, those gathered at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, including Secretary of State James G. Blaine and Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln (the eldest son of Abraham ...