who were abraham lincoln's sons
Robert Todd Lincoln (Abrahamâs Son) was born August 1st 1843, with a short and stocky build, with a shy personality which is quite the opposite to Abraham Lincoln himself. Out of all Abrahamâs children Robert was the only one to live to become an adult, graduating from Harvard College.
Tad Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois, on April 4, 1853. He was named Thomas Lincoln after his paternal grandfather, with no middle name or initial. It was Abraham Lincoln who gave him the nickname Taddie, because as a baby, the boy had a rather large head and that reminded Lincoln of a tadpole. When Taddie got older, Lincoln took to calling him Tad, but Mary Lincoln called him Taddie for his entire life.