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 On November 4, 1842, Abraham Lincoln was married to Miss Mary Todd. She was a charming young woman of twenty-five — a Kentuckian by birth, animated, well read, an exceptionally clever conversationalist. The match was an excellent one. Lincoln made a loyal and indulgent husband. Mrs. Lincoln was an excellent housewife — a true helpmate to a great man.

They had four sons. Only one, Robert Todd Lincoln, grew to manhood. He was Secretary of War during the Garfield and Arthur administrations, and from 1889 to 1893 was Minister to England.