Eisenhower's mother, Ida Elizabeth (Stover), died in 1946 at the age of 84. Eisenhower was sworn in in 1952. As is common with most Presidents, they use their family Bible (rare to have those, nowdays), so whatever bible his mother gave him, it pre-dated 1946. She herself had a very interesting life. the following is a short BIO:
IDA STOVER EISENHOWER
The war in Europe was over. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was returning to a hero's welcome in his hometown. A reporter asked his mother if she wasn't proud of her son. "Which one?" she asked.
Ida Stover Eisenhower was proud of all her sons. All six who reached maturity--the fifth son, Paul, died of diphtheria in infancy--were successful and respected in their chosen careers. This extraordinary family from "the wrong side of the tracks: in Abilene, Kansas had produced a banker, Arthur; a lawyer, Edgar; a famous soldier soon to be President of the United States, Dwight; a druggist, Roy; and engineer and journalist, Earl; and a college president, Milton. But much of Ida Stover Eisenhower's life had been extraordinary.
She was born May 1, 1862, the only daughter of Elizabeth Ida Link and Simon P. Stover, at Mt. Sidney, Virginia, with the Civil War raging all around her. Her mother died when Ida was five. She and her brothers were sent to live with various relatives in the area. Ida's guardians felt that most of her time should be spent attending baking and household chores. She did have time to memorize 1,365 verses of the Bible in six months in a competition and win the prize, a medal she always cherished. From that time on she had a ready scripture to quote in any situation, After her father died in 1873, she and her brothers would take long horseback rides and stop in the woods to talk about their plans for using the inheritance they would each receive at age 21 to settle in Kansas. Ida wanted to go to college, but her guardian did not feel that even high school was necessary for a girl. So at age 15 she ran away. She located a place to work for her room and board so she could go to school.
Ida finished high school at 19, taught for two years, collected her inheritance, and joined a Mennonite caravan to Kansas to meet her brothers who had gone on ahead and who had assured her that the newly-founded Lane University in Lecompton would accept girls. At Lane Ida met David Eisenhower and on September 23, 1885, they were married in the college chapel. Both ended their college education at that point in order to begin their lives together.
Because of their modest financial circumstances, and because the Eisenhowers had no daughters, each of the sons born to David and Ida were expected to contribute to the housework and cooking as well as perform more traditional boys' chores. Dwight attributed his and his brothers' character development in large part to the fact that they were needed, that each had responsible work to do. He said that their mother was the "greatest personal influence' in the sons' lives. She passed on to them her independence, desire for education, respect for hard work, belief in self-discipline, and her good humor. She believed that each person should be free to choose his own way, and never interfered with their choices, not even with Dwight's career as a professional soldier although she was a lifelong pacifist.
In 1945 she was named Kansas Mother of the Year and was also selected American Mother of the Year but deemed it unwise to travel to New York City to receive the award and allowed the honor to go to another.
Ida Stover Eisenhower died on September 11, 1946, at age 84, having been a widow for four years.
Of her, Dwight wrote:
Many such persons of her faith, selflessness, and boundless consideration of others have been called saintly. She was that--but above all she was a worker, an administrator, a teacher and guide, a truly wonderful woman.
