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William Wallace Lincoln (December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862) was the third son of President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Willie was named after Mary's brother-in-law, Dr. William Smith Wallace. [ 1 ][ 2 ] He died of typhoid fever at the White House, during his father's presidency, age 11.
- The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Son
- William Wallace Lincoln’s Death at The White House
- The Aftermath of Willie Lincoln’s Death
William Wallace Lincoln started his life in a grieving household. Born on December 21, 1850, in Springfield, Illinois, he came into the world just 10 months after his three-year-old brother, Edward “Eddie” BakerLincoln, left it. Willie was even named for the doctor who’d tried to save Eddie’s life. Though Willie’s elder brother, Robert, survived, W...
At first, William Wallace Lincoln and his little brother saw life at the White House as an adventure. As the country plummeted into the bloody Civil War, the two boys delighted in exploring the White House grounds and making mischief. “Tad has been trying to make a war-map of Willie, and there are rapid movements in consequence on both sides,” wrot...
In the aftermath of William Wallace Lincoln’s death, Abraham Lincolndrew closer to his youngest son, Tad. “I believe [Tad] was the best companion Mr. Lincoln ever had,” said a White House guard named William Crook. “One who always understood him, and whom he always understood.” But Willie’s death had driven Mary nearly mad with grief. In one partic...
- Kaleena Fraga
The Death of Willie Lincoln In an elegant White House guest room, the 11-year-old son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln lay ill in a huge carved rosewood bed, now known as the Lincoln Bed. At five p.m. on February 20, 1862, William Wallace Lincoln died.
Who Was Willie Lincoln? The only child of a first family to die while living in the White House, William Wallace Lincoln made tragic history. He was the cherished middle son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln (December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862), the third son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. was more like his dad than older brother Robert; he had the same magnetic personality of Abraham Lincoln.
Family: William Wallace Lincoln (1850-1862) “Willie” was named after Mary Todd’s brother-in-law, Dr. William Wallace. He was a handsome, smart, serious and thoughtful child who was the favorite of Mary Todd Lincoln and her husband.
Abraham Lincoln was famously a “man of sorrows.” Few things did more to intensify his sorrow than the death of his favorite son, eleven-year-old Willie, in February 1862.
