The Biography of Mary Todd Lincoln

Mary Todd was born in 1818, to Eliza Parker and Robert Todd. Mary's mother died around 1825 when Mary was just seven. Her father remarried. Mary remembers her childhood as desolate. She had private schooling. She was 5' 2", She had blue eyes, long lashes, light brown hair and a nice complection. She danced gracefully and loved finery.
At the age of twenty-one she moved to Springfield, Illinois to live with her sister, Ms Ninian Edwards. This is where she meet Abe Lincoln. …