She was born December 22, 1912 in a two-story brick southern plantation mansion with a traditional balcony.  The mansion is still standing today and is a registered national landmark in Karnack, Texas.

Abigail Smith Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744.  Her father, William Smith, was a Congregationalist minister.  Her mother, Elizabeth Quincy, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts and the daughter of John Quincy, a member of the colonial Governor’s council and colonel of the militia.

Mary Anne Todd Lincoln was born in Lexington, Kentucky on December 13, 1818 to Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Ann Parker.  Her father was a merchant, lawyer, officer in the War of 1812 and a member of Kentucky legislature also born and died in Lexington, Kentucky.  Her mother married Robert Todd in 1812 and died in 1825 in Lexington, Kentucky.