Following President Lincoln's death, the family fractured. Their son, Tad, died at the age of 18 in 1871 while in Chicago, Illinois. He died from unknown natural causes. Mary Todd Lincoln inherited a large amount of money after the President's death, but she soon lost it all. She was forced to sell her personal property. Then she fell in with spirits and seances. Her behavior was erratic. This caused Robert to committed his mother to an insane asylum for several months. Public outcry caused her release. Robert did not see his mother again until shortly before her death, caused by a stroke, on July 15, 1882. Robert, lived the longest, until 1926. Where he died in his sleep.

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