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Robert Smith Todd (February 25, 1791 – July 17, 1849) was an American lawyer, soldier, banker, businessman and politician. He was the father of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
7 de mar. de 2022 · By Kevin Orlin Johnson March 7, 2022 Blog. On July 17, 1849, Robert Smith Todd of Lexington, Kentucky, died suddenly of cholera. He was among thousands who’d die in the world-wide epidemic that had already killed former president James K. Polk a month before and would be blamed for the death of Edgar Allan Poe a bit later.
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Mary Lincoln's father Robert S. Todd was a prominent businessman and politician. Mary’s father Robert Smith Todd was born in 1791, a year before Kentucky became a state. Educated at Transylvania College, he studied law but chose to go into business.
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The Todds profited from the labor of men owned by Robert S. Todd’s cotton factory and slaves who farmed the land at the Todd summer home. When the Todds had slaves in excess of their own needs, they received income from hiring slaves out. They also loaned slaves to family members who were establishing farms and businesses.
Berry's work likewise offers a glimpse into the long misunderstood personality of the Lincolns' oldest son, Robert Todd (named after Mary's father Robert Smith Todd), who was close to the Todd family throughout his entire life.
The Robert S. Todd Papers consists of approximately two hundred-eighty documents from the settlement of the estate of Mary Todd Lincoln's father, Robert S. Todd of Lexington, Kentucky. The papers form part of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana.
On the surface, her success in the White House seemed assured. Yet, few women in American history have endured as much tragedy and controversy. Mary was the daughter of a prominent Lexington native Robert Smith Todd and his first wife Eliza Parker, who died when Mary was six years old.
