Second child and only son of Robert and Mary Harlan Lincoln. Died in Kensington, England, at age 16. Grandson of Abraham Lincoln.
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First buried in the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. He was removed to Arlington National Cemetery May 22, 1930, and buried next to his parents.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN DEAD
THE GRANDSON OF THE MARTYR PRES--
IDENT PASSES AWAY.
A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS
Premature Close of a Life That Gave Promise
of Being One of Public Usefulness
and Honor.
SPECIAL CABLE TELEGRAM TO THE TIMES.
[Copyright. 1890. by N. Y. Herald.]
London. March 5. -- Abraham Lincoln, son of the United States Minister, died at his father's residence, 2 Cromwell House, South Kensington, at seven minutes past eleven this morning, from the after effects of an operation performed upon him for a carbuncle under his arm exactly seventeen weeks ago yesterday. For many days he has lain in an extremely critical and apparently hopeless condition, and for a week it seemed that the end was certain.
From the date of his arrival in London be was in the hands of specialists and one or other of three eminent doctors -- Dr. McLagan, Dr. Smith and Dr. Webster, a surgeon of high repute -- was in constant attendance. The patient's condition gradually and daily grew worse, and was watched with affectionate anxiety by the members of the family and with sincere sympathy by the numerous friends the Minister has made during his stay in this country. In America his condition attracted sympathy no less profound and widespread, as the repeated inquiries by cablegram testified.
A fortnight ago young Lincoln developed most serious symptoms and the worst fears began to he entertained. Daily bulletins were anxiously inquired for and on Sunday, February 27, Dr. Parker, in the course of his prayer at the morning service at the City Temple, made the following eloquent and touching reference to the dying boy: "We now commend to Thee the son of the American Minister resident within our shores. He is sick, we trust not nigh unto death, but Thou knowest the pain of a father's heart and the trouble of the whole household. Thus we gather round the stranger friend and call him brother, son and ask the Healer to pity those who look on and to raise up him who lies under the role of Thy chastisement."
GROWING WEAKER EACH DAY.
Young Lincoln had been unable to take solid food for ten days previous to his death. During Wednesday night there wasa change for the worse and his condition was described as being extremely critical, and It was staled that his death was momentarily expected. On Thursday, February 27, he underwent another operation which produced great exhaustion. In the evening, however, he seemed slightly better, but never made any effective rally.
The devotion of the doctors to their patient was most touching a;id gratifying. They never left him. and one or the other was con - stantlyat his bedside watchingandconsulting upon the least visible indications of a change in his condition. His life was not quite despaired of late on Friday night. The next day it wasTcported that ho appeared to be steadily recovering from the shock of the operations.
ALL HOPE GONE.
"There is an encouraging amelioration of the more serious condition of his case," was the last bulletin that contained the faintest hope. The succeeding ones spoke of him as being in an exceedingly precarious state until late on Sunday, when it became evident that the end was very near. All night an unremitting watch was maintained and continued until a few minutes after 11 o'clock this morning, when the sufferer passed quietly away in the presence of the members of his family.
During his fatal illness inquiries at No. 2 Cromwell House have been or almost hourly occurrence. Prominent statesmen and leading members of the nobility have left their cards and expressed sympathy with the now bereaved family. Among the callers yesterday were the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Goschen and the Earl of Denbigh.
Upon being informed of the death of Master Lincoln the Queen immediately sent a message of sympathy to Mr. Lincoln.
The body will be enbalmed and sent home for interment.
The funeral service will be held in Mr. Lincoln's house on Friday next. Only intimate friends of the family and the officials of tho United States Legation will be invited. The body will be deposited temporarily in the Catacombs at Kensal Green, whence it will be transferred to the family tomb at Springfield, Ill. Mr. Lincoln desires that the funeral shall be conducted with the greatest privacy and simplicity. The Minister Is bearing up well under his affliction.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
His Extraordinary Endurance Under Painful Operations.
Abraham Lincoln was the only son of Robert T. Lincoln. American Minister to England, and with the exception of Minister Lincoln, the only male descendant of the martyred President, his grandfather. Minister Lincoln married in 1869 Miss Mary Harlan, daughter of Ex-Senator Harlan, of Iowa, whom President Lincoln appointed his Secretary of the Interior, although he did not take office until President Johnson's administration. They had three children -- a handsome girl, the eldest child, now budding into womanhood; Abraham, the dead boy, and a second daughter, still younger.
Young Lincoln was born in Chicago In 1873. He lived there until 1881. when his father was appointed Secretary of War under General Garfield. Then the family moved to Washington, where they remained until 1885, when Mr. Lincoln returned to Chicago. When his father was Secretary of War, from 1881 to 1885. little Abraham, a lad of nine years, was considered one or the picturesque features of life at the capital, for on all fair days he could be seen darting about the smooth streets of the city on his bicycle, which he rode with much skill, in company with the young sons of President Garlield and Attorney General MacVeagh.
When Mr. Lincoln was appointed Minister to England early in President Harrison's administration he took his family with him to London. Mr. Lincoln had originally intended to send his son to a school in Massachusetts, preparatory to his entering Harvard College. The European residence changed these plans. and young Abraham Lincoln was sent to a school In Versailles to perfect his knowledge of French.
HIS ILLNESS BEGINS.
About two months after his arrival at Versailles the lad began to feel vaguely indisposed. This feeling lasted for about a week, when on November 6 a largeCarbuncle developed in a few hours on the left side under the arm, both left arm and band at the same time becoming greatly swollen. His parents were sent for. and on their arrival from London, twenty-four later, they found his condition as above stated, except, that the arm swelling was somewhat diminished. Next morning the local physicians made an incision in the carbuncle, and It was thereafter treated with great care with poultices and antiseptics until November 18, when an alarming inflammatory and febrile condltion set in.
The patient got weaker and weaker, and at length the Minister called In British specialists, who pronounced the treatment radically wrong, and urged removal to London as the only means of saving the lad's life. The weather was very cold, and the utter lack of any facilitv for the transportation of an invalid by railway made his removal very difficult; but when, after consultation, it was discovered that under the best medical advice obtainable on the spot no substantial hope of the patient's recovery was held out. his parents determined to take all the risks and remove him to London.
REMOVED TO LONDON.
This was done through the arrangements made by the famous St. John's Ambulance Society. Specialists were at once called in, among them the famous surgeon Sir William Paget, and, after a prolonged consultation, agreed upon the treatment which has been since followed with occasional modifications, necessitated by the varying phases of the disease.
For some time subsequent to his removal to London the chief danger lay fn the probabilitv of an effsion of corrupt matter to the heart and more particularly to the lungs. This made necessary distressingly frequent operations, which had the natural effector weakening the patient. What these operations mean may tie estimated from the fact that the result of one of several performed on Wednesday was the tapping of more than three pints of matter. This treatment resulted in an amelioration or his chest ailment and, although he was still very prostrate, hopes were entertained, such was his native vigor and pluck, that young Abraham Lincoln would eventually pull through.
The Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thursday, March 6, 1890, p. 1
Second child and only son of Robert and Mary Harlan Lincoln. Died in Kensington, England, at age 16. Grandson of Abraham Lincoln.
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First buried in the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. He was removed to Arlington National Cemetery May 22, 1930, and buried next to his parents.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN DEAD
THE GRANDSON OF THE MARTYR PRES--
IDENT PASSES AWAY.
A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS
Premature Close of a Life That Gave Promise
of Being One of Public Usefulness
and Honor.
SPECIAL CABLE TELEGRAM TO THE TIMES.
[Copyright. 1890. by N. Y. Herald.]
London. March 5. -- Abraham Lincoln, son of the United States Minister, died at his father's residence, 2 Cromwell House, South Kensington, at seven minutes past eleven this morning, from the after effects of an operation performed upon him for a carbuncle under his arm exactly seventeen weeks ago yesterday. For many days he has lain in an extremely critical and apparently hopeless condition, and for a week it seemed that the end was certain.
From the date of his arrival in London be was in the hands of specialists and one or other of three eminent doctors -- Dr. McLagan, Dr. Smith and Dr. Webster, a surgeon of high repute -- was in constant attendance. The patient's condition gradually and daily grew worse, and was watched with affectionate anxiety by the members of the family and with sincere sympathy by the numerous friends the Minister has made during his stay in this country. In America his condition attracted sympathy no less profound and widespread, as the repeated inquiries by cablegram testified.
A fortnight ago young Lincoln developed most serious symptoms and the worst fears began to he entertained. Daily bulletins were anxiously inquired for and on Sunday, February 27, Dr. Parker, in the course of his prayer at the morning service at the City Temple, made the following eloquent and touching reference to the dying boy: "We now commend to Thee the son of the American Minister resident within our shores. He is sick, we trust not nigh unto death, but Thou knowest the pain of a father's heart and the trouble of the whole household. Thus we gather round the stranger friend and call him brother, son and ask the Healer to pity those who look on and to raise up him who lies under the role of Thy chastisement."
GROWING WEAKER EACH DAY.
Young Lincoln had been unable to take solid food for ten days previous to his death. During Wednesday night there wasa change for the worse and his condition was described as being extremely critical, and It was staled that his death was momentarily expected. On Thursday, February 27, he underwent another operation which produced great exhaustion. In the evening, however, he seemed slightly better, but never made any effective rally.
The devotion of the doctors to their patient was most touching a;id gratifying. They never left him. and one or the other was con - stantlyat his bedside watchingandconsulting upon the least visible indications of a change in his condition. His life was not quite despaired of late on Friday night. The next day it wasTcported that ho appeared to be steadily recovering from the shock of the operations.
ALL HOPE GONE.
"There is an encouraging amelioration of the more serious condition of his case," was the last bulletin that contained the faintest hope. The succeeding ones spoke of him as being in an exceedingly precarious state until late on Sunday, when it became evident that the end was very near. All night an unremitting watch was maintained and continued until a few minutes after 11 o'clock this morning, when the sufferer passed quietly away in the presence of the members of his family.
During his fatal illness inquiries at No. 2 Cromwell House have been or almost hourly occurrence. Prominent statesmen and leading members of the nobility have left their cards and expressed sympathy with the now bereaved family. Among the callers yesterday were the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Goschen and the Earl of Denbigh.
Upon being informed of the death of Master Lincoln the Queen immediately sent a message of sympathy to Mr. Lincoln.
The body will be enbalmed and sent home for interment.
The funeral service will be held in Mr. Lincoln's house on Friday next. Only intimate friends of the family and the officials of tho United States Legation will be invited. The body will be deposited temporarily in the Catacombs at Kensal Green, whence it will be transferred to the family tomb at Springfield, Ill. Mr. Lincoln desires that the funeral shall be conducted with the greatest privacy and simplicity. The Minister Is bearing up well under his affliction.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
His Extraordinary Endurance Under Painful Operations.
Abraham Lincoln was the only son of Robert T. Lincoln. American Minister to England, and with the exception of Minister Lincoln, the only male descendant of the martyred President, his grandfather. Minister Lincoln married in 1869 Miss Mary Harlan, daughter of Ex-Senator Harlan, of Iowa, whom President Lincoln appointed his Secretary of the Interior, although he did not take office until President Johnson's administration. They had three children -- a handsome girl, the eldest child, now budding into womanhood; Abraham, the dead boy, and a second daughter, still younger.
Young Lincoln was born in Chicago In 1873. He lived there until 1881. when his father was appointed Secretary of War under General Garfield. Then the family moved to Washington, where they remained until 1885, when Mr. Lincoln returned to Chicago. When his father was Secretary of War, from 1881 to 1885. little Abraham, a lad of nine years, was considered one or the picturesque features of life at the capital, for on all fair days he could be seen darting about the smooth streets of the city on his bicycle, which he rode with much skill, in company with the young sons of President Garlield and Attorney General MacVeagh.
When Mr. Lincoln was appointed Minister to England early in President Harrison's administration he took his family with him to London. Mr. Lincoln had originally intended to send his son to a school in Massachusetts, preparatory to his entering Harvard College. The European residence changed these plans. and young Abraham Lincoln was sent to a school In Versailles to perfect his knowledge of French.
HIS ILLNESS BEGINS.
About two months after his arrival at Versailles the lad began to feel vaguely indisposed. This feeling lasted for about a week, when on November 6 a largeCarbuncle developed in a few hours on the left side under the arm, both left arm and band at the same time becoming greatly swollen. His parents were sent for. and on their arrival from London, twenty-four later, they found his condition as above stated, except, that the arm swelling was somewhat diminished. Next morning the local physicians made an incision in the carbuncle, and It was thereafter treated with great care with poultices and antiseptics until November 18, when an alarming inflammatory and febrile condltion set in.
The patient got weaker and weaker, and at length the Minister called In British specialists, who pronounced the treatment radically wrong, and urged removal to London as the only means of saving the lad's life. The weather was very cold, and the utter lack of any facilitv for the transportation of an invalid by railway made his removal very difficult; but when, after consultation, it was discovered that under the best medical advice obtainable on the spot no substantial hope of the patient's recovery was held out. his parents determined to take all the risks and remove him to London.
REMOVED TO LONDON.
This was done through the arrangements made by the famous St. John's Ambulance Society. Specialists were at once called in, among them the famous surgeon Sir William Paget, and, after a prolonged consultation, agreed upon the treatment which has been since followed with occasional modifications, necessitated by the varying phases of the disease.
For some time subsequent to his removal to London the chief danger lay fn the probabilitv of an effsion of corrupt matter to the heart and more particularly to the lungs. This made necessary distressingly frequent operations, which had the natural effector weakening the patient. What these operations mean may tie estimated from the fact that the result of one of several performed on Wednesday was the tapping of more than three pints of matter. This treatment resulted in an amelioration or his chest ailment and, although he was still very prostrate, hopes were entertained, such was his native vigor and pluck, that young Abraham Lincoln would eventually pull through.
The Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thursday, March 6, 1890, p. 1
