What sad event happened in 1850 for Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 1

On February 1, 1850, Edward Baker "Eddy" Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, passed away one month before his fourth birthday. The cause of death was described at the time as "chronic consumption" or tuberculosis. The boy's father and two brothers had signs of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia. One hundred percent of people with this genetic cancer syndrome develop medullary thyroid cancer, even as infants. It has been suggested that the child died of this disorder. Following the death of Abraham Lincoln, the boy's remains were moved to his father's tomb from Hutchinson's Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, to Oak Ridge Cemetery, also in Springfield.

Answer 2

Lincoln became the president on March 4, 1861. Before he took office seven Southern states had already seceded . On April 12, 1861 the Civil War began

and six other states pulled out of the union before the year ended.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln was born on Feburary 12, 1809, meaning that, at the beginning of 1861, he was 51 years old, and by the end of the year, and the time of his presidency, he was 52 years old.