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Lincoln's Depression
Lincoln's first actual romance, perhaps even fiance, is the beautiful, short, blue-eyed, auburn-haired daughter of a new Salem founder and tavern keeper. But she dies in August 1835, likely of typhoid fever. Her death triggers Lincoln's depression, which, unfortunately for the future president, is a family condition that will plague him all his days. He gets quite serious with the intellectual, dark-featured Mary Owens in 1836, but insecurities and cold feet kill this relationship by the next year. They get engaged only to break off around or on New Year's Day, 1841.
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