Grace Bedell
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Grace Greenwood Billings was an American woman, notable as a person whose correspondence, at age 11, encouraged Republican Party nominee and future president Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard. Lincoln later met with Bedell during his inaugural journey in February 1861.
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deceased
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Lived 1848 to 1936 · aged 87
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