Mary Lincoln Beckwith
Mary Lincoln Beckwith (August 22, 1898 – July 10, 1975) was a prominent descendant of Abraham Lincoln. Beckwith was the great-granddaughter and one of the last two confirmed descendants of Abraham Lincoln, along with her younger brother Robert.[1]
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
August 22, 1898
July 10, 1975 (aged 76)
Abraham Lincoln (great-grandfather)
Later life[edit]
Beckwith never married or had children, and it was rumored she was a lesbian.[12] She ran Hildene "as a farm" and dabbled in art and sculpture.[13] Despite her desire to eschew publicity, she was well known by the local farm community.[14] She was known to conduct errands in the town around Hildene "dressed in blue jeans overalls, with a shirt and a man's cap."[15]
Beckwith christened the submarine Abraham Lincoln on May 14, 1960.[16]
She died on July 10, 1975, at around 2:15 a.m. at Rutland Hospital in Rutland, Vermont, a month before her 77th birthday.[14] She had requested that her ashes be spread over her estate; this request was granted and there was no funeral or memorial service held.[14] Upon her death, her brother Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith became the last living descendant of Abraham Lincoln.