Original Ann Rutledge Grave

Original Ann Rutledge Grave

Rutledge, Ann, 1813-1835

Cemeteries

Illinois--Petersburg

Photo caption: "No. 15 - The Original Ann Rutledge Grave. Ann Rutledge, sweetheart of Abraham Lincoln, died August 25, 1835, and was buried in the Goodpasture Grave Yard (sometimes called Old Concord Cemetery). Her brother, David, and other relatives were buried beside her. Here she lay in peace, until 1890, when an undertaker, ambitious to sell lots in his new cemetery, disinterred the dust that remained of Ann Rutledge, and moved it to Oakland Cemetery, near Petersburg, Illinois. Later a granite stone was erected over this second grave, and now people make pilgrimages there, to what purports to be her grave. Abraham Lincoln often visited the original grave in quiet, almost forgotten, Goodpasture Grave Yard, and there also would Ann Rutledge wish to be."

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

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Rutledge Graves Collection

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