Thomas Lincoln (1853 - 1871)

Born 4 Apr 1853 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States

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Died 15 Jul 1871 at age 18 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Thomas Lincoln is Notable.

Thomas Lincoln was the fourth and youngest son of United States President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. His father gave him the nickname "Tad" while quite young because of the child's predisposition to "wiggling like a tadpole".^[1]

Tad was born and photographed with a small fissure on his upper lip just to the left of midline. Although undiagnosed at the time, contemporary documents described Tad by saying "he had a cleft palate and lisped." Twenty-first-century speech/language pathologist, John M. Hutchinson, interprets contemporary photographs and documents regarding Tad, as evidence the child had both communicative and craniofacial deformities. Cleft lip and palate are a phenomenon observed to "run in families". Hutchinson suggests that Tad Lincoln's cleft lip was inherited from his paternal grandfather and namesake who also was photographed with forme fruste of the upper lip on the left side.^[2]

He died at age 18 having never married and without children. His death has been attributed to either tuberculosis, pleuristic attack, pneumonia, or congestive heart failure.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia contributors. "Tad Lincoln." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 May. 2016. Web. 17 Aug. 2016. Link to article
2. ↑ Hutchinson, John M. "What Was Tad Lincoln's Speech Problem?" Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association Winter 2009: 35-51. What Was Tad Lincoln's Speech Problem? Web. 17 Aug. 2016. Link to article

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 April 2020), memorial page for Thomas “Tad” Lincoln (4 Apr 1853–15 Jul 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #9124, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Lincoln-1628 created through the import of Davis Family Tree-1.ged on Nov 7, 2012 by Mike Davis. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mike and others.