Infectious mononucleosis, also called mono, is a contagious disease. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the most common cause of infectious mononucleosis, but other viruses can also cause this disease. It is common among teenagers and young adults, especially college students.
Abraham Lincoln's mother died 1818 of milk sickness. This means she drank milk from a cow that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant. Abraham Lincoln's mother died 1818 of milk sickness. This means she drank milk from a cow that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant.
Abraham had a strong relationship with a girl named Anne Rutledge when he was working as a young man in Salem. She died in 1835. In 1840 he married Mary Todd. Mary came from a wealthy slave holding family in Kentucky. Abraham Lincolns family grew and the couple eventually had four children. Robert Todd, the eldest child and the only one to survive childhood was born August 1, 1843. Edward Baker was born on March 10, 1846. Edward died in his infancy (1850) assumedly by Tuberculosis.