Robert Smith Todd (Mary Todd Lincoln's Father) in the War of 1812-- Part 1

I have been writing about the Todd family of Kentucky in the Civil War in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog.  They were from Kentucky, a deeply divided border state and that certainly applied to the Todd family which, besides Mary Todd being the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, many of her half-siblings and even one brother were staunch Confederates.

Robert Smith Todd was Mary Todd Lincoln's father.

From Wikipedia.

ROBERT SMITH TODD

Born February 25, 1791  Died July 17, 1847

Lawyer, soldier, banker, businessman and politician.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the year before it became a state.

One of six sons of Levi Todd, who fought in the American Revolution under the command of George Rogers Clark.  After the war, his father and uncles helped found the city of Lexington, Kentucky.

Robert Todd attended Transylvania College in Lexington and graduated at age 18.

--Brock-Perry