Jessie Harlan Lincoln

Jessie Harlan Lincoln (November 6, 1875 – January 4, 1948) was the second daughter of Robert Todd Lincoln, the granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln, and the mother of Mary Lincoln Beckwith and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. Jessie Harlan Lincoln was born on November 6, 1875 in Chicago to Mary and Robert Todd Lincoln. At the time of her birth, Robert Lincoln was practicing law in Chicago. She was the last of three children of Robert Todd Lincoln. Jessie's sister and brother were, respectively: Mary "Mamie" Lincoln, October 15, 1869 – November 21, 1938 Abraham "Jack" Lincoln II, August 14, 1873 – March 5, 1890 Lincoln spent part of her childhood in Washington, D.C., when her father was Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885. She later lived in London, England, when her father was the Minister to Great Britain from 1889 to 1893. Jessie's brother, Abraham Lincoln II, died on March 5, 1890, in London at the age of 16, and three years later, the family returned to America, ultimately to Mary Eunice Harlan's mother's residence in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Jessie and her sister were piano students in the summer session of Iowa Wesleyan in 1886. She was later initiated into the Pleasant Chapter A of the P.E.O. Sisterhood on December 31, 1895, an organization of which her sister, Mamie, had become a member more than 11 years prior. In 1919, while Lincoln was married to her second husband, her father established a trust for her and her sister, Mary Lincoln Isham. For Isham's trust, he deposited 375 shares of Commonwealth Edison stock worth slightly more than $38,000 () and 1,000 shares of National Biscuit stock worth$85,000 (). For Jessie, he deposited 1,000 shares of Commonwealth Edison stock worth $101,750 () and 1,000 shares of National Biscuit stock worth$85,000 (). It was purported that Jessie received more because she was often irresponsible with her finances. In 1920, he deposited another 1,250 shares of Commonwealth Edison stock worth than $100,000 () into Jessie's trust fund.