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Abraham Lincoln Almost Married Someone Else

Long before Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd, there was another Mary–Mary Owens. Lincoln had known Mary during his New Salem years, and at one point he apparently thought she might make a suitable wife. Her sister encouraged the possibility, and Lincoln agreed that if may returned to Illinois, he would consider marrying her. So MaryContinue reading “Abraham Lincoln Almost Married Someone Else”