Ok, here is a weird thing I learned over the weekend about the son of the 16th President of the U.S.:
Robert Todd LincolnThe eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd
in 1864 or 65, while at a train station in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was nearly killed by a train, he wrote in 1909:
"The incident occurred while a group of passengers were late at night purchasing their sleeping car places from the conductor who stood on the station platform at the entrance of the car. The platform was about the height of the car floor, and there was of course a narrow space between the platform and the car body. There was some crowding, and I happened to be pressed by it against the car body while waiting my turn. In this situation the train began to move, and by the motion I was twisted off my feet, and had dropped somewhat, with feet downward, into the open space, and was personally helpless, when my coat collar was vigorously seized and I was quickly pulled up and out to a secure footing on the platform. Upon turning to thank my rescuer I saw it was Edwin Booth, whose face was of course well known to me, and I expressed my gratitude to him, and in doing so, called him by name."Yes, Edwin Booth, who's brother, John Wilkes Booth, would in 1865 murder his father. It was said that Edwin took some comfort in the fact he had saved the President's son in the years following the assassination.
Robert Lincoln went on to have a long political career, serving as Secretary of War under President Grant and later Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
In 1881 he was present at the Assassination of President James Garfield.
In 1901 he was present at the Assassination of President William McKinley.
After McKinley's assassination he declined to appear with a President in public.
In 1922 he was present at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. Also present was President Warren G. Harding, who died a few month later.
Robert Lincoln died in his sleep in 1926.
