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Elizabeth Porter Todd Edwards (13 November 1813 – 22 February 1888) was the sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. She served as Mary's guardian for many years. Mary met Abraham Lincoln in 1839 at Elizabeth Edwards' home, where they later married. In 1875 Elizabeth helped Mary get released from an insane asylum. Biography
Relatives and Residents: Elizabeth Todd Edwards (1813-1888) Like many of Mary Lincoln’s relatives, Elizabeth Edwards came to Washington for the First Inauguration in March 1861. She stayed at the White House along with her daughters, Julia Baker and Elizabeth Edwards and two half-sisters.
Mar 21, 2016 · Elizabeth Todd (1813-1888), the eldest, was the quintessential prototype of the “first-born syndrome.” She took on the responsibility of quasi-mothering her younger siblings, and escaping the strained household at sixteen by marriage to Ninian Edwards, Jr., the son of the first governor of Illinois.
- Feather Schwartz Foster
Oct 14, 2013 · Abraham and Mary Lincoln were married in the dining room of Elizabeth Todd Edwards (1816-88), Mary’s sister, and her husband, Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809-99), in the 500 block of South Second Street in Springfield on Nov. 4, 1842. Mary Lincoln died in the home on July 16, 1882. The Edwards home was built in 1836.
Elizabeth Todd Edwards (1813-1888) Few native Kentuckians played so instrumental a role in the life and career of Abraham Lincoln as Ninian Edwards and Elizabeth (Todd) Edwards.
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Portrait of Elizabeth Todd Edwards, who was the wife of politician Ninian Wirt Edwards and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln.
