lexington, in kentucky and is the half sister lincoln.todd they both came in for the swearing in of justicen davis montgomery as president of the met two guys d from selma and thes up marrying them. staunch confederate loyalist and very much believed in the cause of the confederacy. she visited several times in washington, d.c. her sister mary todd lincoln. time that she was up there, president lincoln took she couldnd told her, no longer come back because he ound out she was sending money and medicines in her petticoat to bring them across the arricaded lines of the confederacy. she died here in selma. he memorial you see hyped us was carved, in marble, in italy. her husband sent it back to have he said her ause hair was not as beautiful as her person.s in she's the one who was part of the women's memorial association that, and she's the one who laid out the confederate circle which next. be going to we're now in confederate circle founded after the war. todd dawson's husband, nathaniel dawson is the one who planted the trees we see here. the magnolias.nd part of the lady's memorial association w