Peggy Beckwith, no date

The last female Lincoln to survive was Mary “Peggy” Beckwith. One of the three great-grandchildren of Lincoln, Peggy was born in Iowa in 1898 and grew up on the family estate in Hildene. She owned three planes, and by 1938 she was operating a 1,000-acre dairy farm as well. Peggy became an eccentric recluse in her later life, remaining at Hildene. She never married or had children and continued to live her life privately, focusing on the farm as well as supporting and partaking in the arts scene around Hildene. With Peggy’s death in 1975, there were no more female direct descendants from the Lincoln line. Peggy’s brother, Bud, would die in 1985 ending the Lincoln family line entirely.