Lincoln Abe Lincoln Trivia

[frontrank2]

Abraham Lincoln was afraid of the dentist. It was probably because one visit to the dentist ended in a great deal of pain for him. While pulling a tooth, a dentist actually broke away part of his jaw. All of this was done with no anesthesia.
( I know that would traumatize me as well ! )

 

[frontrank2]

Lincoln had four children, Robert, Edward, Willie, and Tad. Only Robert lived to adulthood and never had any children of his own.

 

[unionblue]

Darn good idea for a thread, frontrank2!

Looking forward to more.

Sincerely,
Unionblue

 

[frontrank2]

Lincoln had horses at the White House Stables--in 1864, the stables caught fire. Lincoln tried
go into the burning stable to save them but they died in the fire

 

[KeyserSoze]

Lincoln had four children, Robert, Edward, Willie, and Tad. Only Robert lived to adulthood and never had any children of his own.

Robert had three children: Mary, Abraham II, and Jessie. Both the girls lived well into the 20th century while his son died at 17. Mary had one son who died childless. Jessie had a son and a daughter. The daughter never had any children while the son, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, may have had an illegitimate son. So it's probable that Lincoln's line died out, but not until 1985.

 

[frontrank2]

Robert had three children: Mary, Abraham II, and Jessie. Both the girls lived well into the 20th century while his son died at 17.

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Drew]

At a young age while working a grist mill in Indiana, Lincoln's horse kicked him in the forehead, knocking him out. His father was summoned to attend to his son's certain death, so they thought.

 

[frontrank2]

While visiting troops, Abe Lincoln grabbed an ax and started chopping wood. After that he held the ax straight out without any shaking. None of the troops present could accomplish the same feat of strength.

 

[ErnieMac]

Lincoln had four children, Robert, Edward, Willie, and Tad. Only Robert lived to adulthood and never had any children of his own.

For years I would have agreed but within the last year discovered Robert Todd Lincoln had three children: Mary Todd [Mamie] Lincoln (1869 - 1938), Abraham Lincoln II (1873 - 1890) and Jessie Harlan Lincoln (1875 - 1948). Mamie had one son, Lincoln Isham, who died childless. Abraham II died childless at the age of 16. Jessie had two children: Mary Lincoln Beckwith who died childless and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith who may have had a son (see link).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Todd_Lincoln
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Todd_Lincoln_Beckwith

 

[godofredus]

Lincoln had four children, Robert, Edward, Willie, and Tad. Only Robert lived to adulthood and never had any children of his own.

Never say "never." http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940508&slug=1909383

Robert Todd - a Harvard-educated lawyer, banker and president of Pullman Palace Car Co. - married Mary Harlan and had three children, daughters Mary and Jessie and son Abraham II.

 

[KansasFreestater]

Lincoln had horses at the White House Stables--in 1864, the stables caught fire. Lincoln tried
go into the burning stable to save them but they died in the fire

He was so passionate to save those horses because one of those horses had belonged to Willie, who'd died 2 years earlier, and another belonged to Tad.

 

[Mike Serpa]

More than 478,000,000,000 Lincoln cents have been minted.
http://www.mountainviewcoins.com/mintage-US-coins/mintage-US-coins-lincoln-cents.php

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

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Abraham Lincoln was afraid of the dentist. It was probably because one visit to the dentist ended in a great deal of pain for him. While pulling a tooth, a dentist actually broke away part of his jaw. All of this was done with no anesthesia.
( I know that would traumatize me as well ! )

I REALLY can't ' like' this- makes my toes curl! POOR man!

Cool thread though, thank you!

Mary once chased him down the street with a kitchen knife until he noticed he neighbors watching- at which point he turned around and frog-marched her back to the house.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

That is incredible- how on earth did it escape the notice of an entire world that Robert married and had children? Or did he wish it that way ( understandably ) ?

 

[Copperhead-mi]

According to Burlingame in his book Abraham Lincoln: A Life, the President and Admiral Porter were returning on horseback to the train station in Petersburg following a meeting with General Grant on April 3, 1865, when they rode upon a tobacco warehouse being looted by local Blacks and Federal soldiers. "The president and Admiral Porter each strapped a bale onto their horses' backs" and continued the journey to the train station.

 

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Can you name the two men who served as Lincoln's vice - presidents ?
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Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson ( I couldn't remember Hamlin's name, LOL )

 

[frontrank2]

President Lincoln disliked being called "Mr. President". He preferred to be called Mr. Lincoln.

 

[Drew]

Lincoln was awarded a patent in 1848 for his invention of a device that used "adjustable buoyant chambers" to lift steamboats over shoals.

 

[frontrank2]

Regarding Ford's Theater, a second tragedy happened at the theater: In 1893 the theater was being used as office space, and the interior floors collapsed, killing 22 office workers.

 

[diane]

Lincoln's stovepipe hat was more than a hat. He kept mail, letters and important documents in it. So, when would-be assassins shot his hat off during a ride, they shot down his 'filing cabinet', too!

Lincoln was never photographed with his wife, Mary.

Lincoln's coffin has been moved fifteen times and opened five times.