Mary Ann Todd Lincoln ( December 13 , 1818 -- July 16 , 1882 ) was the wife of the sixteenth President of the United States , Abraham Lincoln , and was First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 .
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln ( née Todd ; December 13 , 1818 -- July 16 , 1882 ) was the wife of the sixteenth President of the United States , Abraham Lincoln , and was First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 .