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Elizabeth Porter Todd Edwards

Birth: 13 Nov 1813
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 22 Feb 1888 (aged 74)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery

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Plot: Block 10, 108
Memorial ID: 6045050 View Source

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Wife of Ninian W. Edwards and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. This is the person that Mary Todd Lincoln went to live with for awhile after her husband was killed. She even went to Europe with Mary Todd Lincoln.

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Parents

Robert Smith Todd

1791–1849
Eliza Ann Parker Todd

1794–1825

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Ninian Wirt Edwards

1809–1889

Siblings

Levi Oldham Todd

1816–1864
Frances Jane Todd Wallace

1817–1899
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln

1818–1882
Ann Maria Todd Smith

1820–1891
Robert Parker Todd

1821–1822
Dr George Rogers Clark Todd

1825–1900

Half Siblings

Robert Humphreys Todd

1827–1827
Margaret Todd Kellogg

1828–1904
PVT Samuel Briggs Todd

1830–1862
David Humphreys Todd

1832–1871
David Humphreys Todd

1832–1871
Martha Todd White

1833–1868
Emilie Pariet Todd Helm

1836–1930
LT Alexander Humphreys "Aleck" Todd

1839–1862
Elodie Breck Todd Dawson

1840–1877
Catherine Bodley "Kittie" Todd Herr

1841–1875

Children

Julia Cook Edwards Baker

1837–1908
Albert Stevenson Edwards

1839–1915
Elizabeth Edwards Clover

1843–1910
Charles Edwards

1846–1912

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Maintained by: Jessica Wiggins
Originally Created by: LaVina Quam
Added: Dec 23, 2001
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6045050/elizabeth_porter-edwards: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Porter Todd Edwards (13 Nov 1813–22 Feb 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6045050, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Jessica Wiggins (contributor 48481601).

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Robert Smith Todd

Eliza Ann Parker Todd

Ninian Wirt Edwards

Levi Oldham Todd

Frances Jane Todd Wallace

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln

Ann Maria Todd Smith

Robert Parker Todd

Dr George Rogers Clark Todd

Robert Humphreys Todd

Margaret Todd Kellogg

PVT Samuel Briggs Todd

David Humphreys Todd

David Humphreys Todd

Martha Todd White

Emilie Pariet Todd Helm

LT Alexander Humphreys "Aleck" Todd

Elodie Breck Todd Dawson

Catherine Bodley "Kittie" Todd Herr

Julia Cook Edwards Baker

Albert Stevenson Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards Clover

Charles Edwards

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