The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-02-20
CHAPTER III.
Abe Always True to the Memory Of
Ann.


ly" 1t was u mistake; that when alone
lie was so overcome by mental dcpres'
sion that he never dared to carry n
pocket knife" And during all Mr..
Wilson's extended acquaintance with
him he never did own knife, notwith-
Standing he was inordlnately fond of
whiting.
Mr.. IIerndon says: "IIc never adj
dressed another woman, in my opin-
ion, Yours affectlonately' and gcner-
ally and enthusiastically abstaned
from the use of the word love That
word cannot he found more than q half
dozen times. If that often, In all his
letters and speeches since that time.
have seen some OF his letters to other
ladies', but he never says love He
never ended his letters with Yours az
fectionatcly,' but signed his name,
Your friend, A. Lincoln"
After Mr.. Lincoln's election to the
presidency he one day met an old
friend, Isaac Cogdalc, who had known
him intimately in the better days of
the Rutledges at New Salem. Ike"
house about an hour by SHUTDOWN. The
company will then all he gone"
Cogdale went according to request,
"and sure enough" ms he expressed 1t.
"the company dropped off one by one,
including Lincoln's clerk"
az want 10 inquire about old times
and old acqualntanccs,' began Mr.. Lin
pIn In, hnp
were the Grcencs, Potters. Armstrong;
and Rutledges. These folks have got
scattered all over the world Some
are dead. Where are the Rutlcdges.
Greenes, ctc.r
After we had spoken over old
times" continues Cogdale-'persons
circumstances-in which he showed
him this question::
MAY l now, in turn, ask you one
question LincolnT
"'Assuredly. will answer your
question. If fair one. with all my
heart
"'Wcll Abe, Is 1t true that you fell
in>love and courted Ann RutlcdgeT
"'It is true-true! Indeed | did.
have loved the name of Rutledge to
this day. have kept my mind on
their movements ever since and love
them dearly
"'Abe, Is it true" still urged Cog
dale. "'that you ran little wild about
the matterT
81 did really. ran OFF the track
l,.a,N n
dearly. She was n handsome girl
would have made good, loving wife:
was natural and quite intellectual,
though not highly educated | did hon
estly and truly love the girl and think
often-often--of her now"
A few weeks after the burial of Ann
McNamar returned to New Salem. He
saw Lincoln at the postoflice and was
struck with the deplorable change in
his appearance. A short time after
ward Lincoln wrote him n deed, which
he still has and prizes highly, In mem
DRY of his great friend and rival. His
father was Mt last dead. but he brought
back with him his mother and her fam
lily. In December Of the same year his
mother died and was buried In the
same graveyard with Ann. During his
absence Colonel Rutledge had occupied
his farm, and there Ann died, but "the
Rutledge farm" proper, adjoined this
one to the south "Some Of Mr.. LIN
coins corners as n surveyor are still
visible on lines traced by him OH both
farms"
On Sunday, the Nth day of October.
| 1866, William III. Herndon knocked at
the door of John McNamar at his resi-
dence, but n few feet distant from the
spot where Ann Rutledge breathed her
last After some preliminarles not
necessary to he related Mr.. Herndon
says: II asked him the question:
Did you know Miss Rutledge? III
so. where did she dep
''He sat by his open window, looking
westerly, and, pulling me closer to
himself, looked through the window
and said; There, by that'-choking up
with emotion, pointing his long fore,
finger nervous and trembling, to the
spot-'there, by that currant bush, she
died. The old house In which she and
her fatner dled Is gone
Grave Of Ann Rutledge.
"After further conversation, leaving
the sadness to momentarily pass away
l asked this additional question:;
"'Where was she buriedp
"In Concord burying ground. one
mile southeast Of this place."
Mr.. Herndon sought the grave. as
@. Berry" says he, James Short (the
gentleman who purchased In Mr.. Lin
coins compass and chain in 1884 un
der an execution against Lincoln OF
Lincoln & Berry and gratultously gave
them back to Mr.. Lincoln), James
Miles and myself were together.
II asked Mr.. Berry II he knew wiierC
Miss Rutledge was burled-the plac,
and exact surroundings. lie replied
4 do. The grave of Miss Rutledge lie.
just north of her brothers, David Rut
ledge, a young lawyer OF great prom
fse, who died In 1872
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