After the big move to Springfield, Illinois, Mary Todd Lincoln met the man of her dreams atop the hilltop mansion. She approached him, made his acquaintance and was soon happily engaged. His family strongly disapproved, saying he wasn't smart enough for her and she needed better. The engagement was called off but these two lovebirds couldn't resist each other, so they got married a year later, moving away from the life they once knew. Mary Todd Lincoln didn't know it yet, but her life was about to get very difficult. Youth, on the other hand, was much easier for her. Mary Todd Lincoln was born in Lexington Kentucky on December 13, 1818. She was Irish from her paternal grandfather David Levi Todd, Scottish from her maternal great-great-grandfather Samuel McDowell, and was English from other ancestry. On the other hand, she was five feet two inches tall as an adult, had bright blue eyes, reddish-brown hair, and was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Lincoln's biological mother was Eliza Ann Parker. Mrs. Todd died in 1824. Robert Smith Todd was Mrs. Lincoln's father. He was also a merchant, lawyer, officer in the War of 1812, and member of the Kentucky legislature. He decided to remarry after Mrs. Todd's death to Elizabeth Humphreys, who became Mrs. Lincoln's stepmother. On the other hand, she was the fourth of seven children. Elizabeth Todd Edwards came first, followed by Fanny Todd Wallace, who preceded Levi O. Todd, who was older than Mary Todd Lincoln, followed by Robert P. Todd, who preceded Ann Todd Smith, who was followed by George Rodgers Clark. Todd. Meanwhile, for school, Mrs. Lincoln attended Shelby Female Academy, Madame Mentelle's Boarding School, and Dr. Ward's Academy. At Shelby Female...... middle of paper...... y.com. A&E Television Networks, and Web. May 7, 2014.- “Biography of the First Lady: Biography of Mary Lincoln. » Np, nd web. April 21, 2014. http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=17- Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: a photobiography. New York, NY: Clarion, 1987. Print.- Sandler, Martin W. Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life. New York: Walker Pub, 2008. Print.-Stevenson, Keira. “Mary Todd Lincoln.” Mary Todd Lincoln (2005): 1-2. Historical reference center. Internet. April 24, 2014.- “Lincoln Fires McClellan (Memoir): American Treasures from the Library of Congress.” Lincoln Fires McClellan (Memoir): American Treasures from the Library of Congress. Library of Congress, nd Web. April 27. 2014. .