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04-14-2003, 12:29 PM,

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Georgie, forgot to add my happy birthday to the bunch.
Abe's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, was a first cousin to one of my great, great grandmothers(or was that one great?). Since she had some less than admirable qualities (spending too much money, perhaps henpecking her husband), I'm not sure I should admit to the family connection. However, some recent biographers are a bit more sympathetic towards her. You have to feel sorry for her losing two sons to childhood illnesses and seeing her husband killed at her side. Also, she was from Kentucky and had relatives on the Confederate side so it was difficult for her during the Civil War. Many northerners suspected her of southern sympathies and southerners probably thought she was a traitor to the cause.

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