Badass Birthday
On this date in 1904 in Illinoise, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was born.
He was a 'gentleman farmer' in Virginia until his death. Nothing particularly badass about that. But as you probably guessed from his name, he was the last living relative of Abraham Licoln. His mother was the daughter of Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's first son. That made him the great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln. And after his sister's death in 1975, he became the last living relative.
Despite being married three times, he never had any children, though he did have some step-children through his wives.
But really, being the last person in the world to have blood in your veins from American 16th and greatest president surely is badass, if it's only through your heredity and not your actions.
He died Christmas Eve 1985 at the age of 81.
POLT
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