Abraham Lincoln II Military Son |
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grandson of President Abraham Lincoln and son of Robert
Todd and Mary Harlan Lincoln. (1873-1890).
The only son of Robert died at age 16 in Paris, France, following surgery when infection set in and he was unable to recover. His nickname was "Jack." He was originally buried in the Lincoln family plot in Springfield, Illinois, was but reinterred years later in his father's plot in Arlington National Cemetery. For years his name did not appear in the Arlington
site but, through the efforts of a Catholic Priest in Baltimore and with
the assistance of US Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, his name was added to his
father's memorial in 1976.
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, September 7, 1929 – The body of Abraham Lincoln II, grandson of the emancipator, will be removed from the Lincoln Monument in Oak Ridge Cemetery here to be reinterred beside that of his father, Robert T. Lincoln, in Arlington National Cemetery at Washington, D.C. Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom has advised Harry Cleaveland, director of the State Department of Public Works, to honor the request of Mrs. Robert Lincoln that her son’s remains be moved to the national burial grounds. 
Abraham Lincoln II ("Jack) pictured with his sisters, Mary and Jesse. Photo courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society 
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