Abraham Lincoln II
| Abraham Lincoln II | |
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| Born | August 14, 1873 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 1890 (aged 16) London, United Kingdom |
| Cause of death | Blood poisoning |
| Resting place |
Kensal Green Cemetery (March–November 1890), Lincoln Tomb (1890–1930), Arlington National Cemetery section 31 (May 27, 1930 – present) |
| Other names | Jack Lincoln |
| Known for | Being a namesake and grandson of President Lincoln |
| Parent(s) |
Robert Todd Lincoln Mary Eunice Harlan |
| Relatives |
Mary "Mamie" Lincoln Jessie Harlan Lincoln |
Abraham "Jack" Lincoln II (August 14, 1873 – March 5, 1890), was the middle of three children of Robert Todd Lincoln and Mary Eunice Harlan, and the only grandson of Abraham Lincoln. He died in Europe at the age of 16, after an infection from a wound.
After President Lincoln's assassination, the former first family relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where Robert Todd Lincoln settled and married a U.S. senator's daughter, Mary Eunice Harlan. Abraham II was born in 1873, the second of three children, and was nicknamed "Jack". Jack and his sisters were described as "bright, natural, unpretentious children, well liked by the people of the town". It was claimed that Jack was much like President Lincoln.
At the age of 16, Jack was in Versailles to study French in preparation for an entrance examination for Harvard University. His family was in England while his father served as the last U.S. Minister to Great Britain, before the position was retitled "Ambassador". Jack fell ill with blood poisoning after infection set in following surgery in Paris to lance a carbuncle that had formed under his arm. He was moved from France to England on January 16, 1890, where his father wrote that he might be seen by the noted physician Thomas John MacLagan. A second surgery was performed on February 27, 1890, though it gave no relief and Jack died six days later at the family residence in London.
A 20th-century biographer wrote that while Jack was weak, he had been recovering. Jack's father, Robert, was said to be in their sitting room with Henry White when daughter Mary rushed in with the words, "Go upstairs quickly." Robert returned ten minutes later with the news of Jack's death. He later wrote, "We had a long & most anxious struggle and at times had hopes of saving our boy. It would have been done if it had depended only on his own marvelous pluck & patience now that the end has come, there is a great blank in our future lives & an affliction not to be measured."
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