Little Willie Lincoln . . .

 . . . was buried yesterday and Washington, from the Presidential mansion. The dear little boy, once the flower of the household, is now its most poignant grief. He died of typhoid fever on Thursday, at the interesting age of twelve years.

SOURCE: “Little Willie Lincoln…,” Delaware State Journal and Statesman, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuesday, February 25, 1862, p. 2 col. 1