On verso: "Mrs. William J. (Mary) Orendorff; Born 6/30/1836, Died 6/11/1911."]]>
On verso: "Born 1/14/1829; Died 10/18/1897."]]>
"Before everything but the republic he chastely dropped his eyes" "He was the marble lover of liberty" - Les Miserables.

Enjolras is a fictional charector in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. He is a revolutionary an defender of republican ideals.]]>
On verso: "Nee Clara Fay. Mrs. Lefferts afterwards."]]>
On verso: "Unidentified-related to Banks or Farrell families at Fulton Co Ill. (See N. B. Banks book 1984)[.]"]]>
On verso: "Unidentified - Banks or Farrell see N. B. Banks book."]]>
The poem was set to music following Lincoln's death.]]>
On verso: "Rev. Dr. George Shotwell Roudebush, deceased, Madison, Mississippi - This gentleman, friend and distant relative (tho we spell our names slightly different) has been a guest in our home when we lived in Decatur Ill - over looking the university campus on W. North St. He was about 90 yrs old but very keen mentally when last we met. He had been a College President in Miss. tho a Pa. by birth and graduated from Pa. moved south on account of his health before the Civil War and remained there most of his life - He was a Presbyterian minister and also a graduate in law - but school work was his principal life's work. He had several children who were also engaged in school work - Margaret was at the head of a girls school in Miss, later teacher in State Teachers College Boulder Col. One of his son's was state agt. for Life Ins Bank & Trust Co. another Half is head of the Missouri Valley Bank &;amp Trust Co. St. Louis Mo. During his last visit in our home he Baptized our son Franklin - He was a friend worth knowing. R. F. R."]]>
Image dedication: "To my good friend William G. Stratton, With sincere regards, George F. Barrett."]]>
On verso: "East doorway Old Main, Knox College. From these steps Lincoln and Douglas debated October 1, 1858. 'Old Main' was designated as a National Historic Site June 1936."]]>