Memorial Card · primary-source record
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865
Died 15 April 1865 · Washington, D.C.
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At-a-glance facts
Record type
Memorial Card
Date of death
April 15, 1865
Date of birth
February 12, 1809
Age at death
56 years, 2 months, 3 days
Place of death
Washington D.C.
About this card
1865 Abraham Lincoln Memorial card 4" x 2 1/2". Center has photo of Lincoln and says "born Feb.12 1809..inaugurated March 1 1861..reinaugurated March 4th 1865".. "died April 15 1865 by the hands of an assassin at Washington D.C.".. "IN Commemoration of Our immortal President Abraham Lincoln." Bottom of card says "entered according to Act of Congress in the yeat 1865 by Wentworth Wilson in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Penna. for Our Martyr ..Photo & Pub. by Phila. Photo Co."
The photograph that originally accompanied this record is no longer held in the archive. The transcription is preserved as submitted, including its spelling ("yeat" for "year"). The card was copyrighted by Wentworth Wilson and published by the Philadelphia Photo Co.
People named in this record
- Abraham LincolnSubject
- Wentworth WilsonMentioned
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Source & citation
- Source type
- Transcription only
- Provenance
- From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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- Last verified
- 2026-06-12
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- Image vs transcription
- Transcription only — the card itself was not photographed
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