Grave of James Rutledge, father of Ann

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Thanks for the correction and on the timing. I have made and continue to make an analysis of the poem, and believe I have discovered a 'new' item or two about it. Likely I'll bring that forward, at a later date. Another interesting consideration is all the early deaths of Abraham Lincoln friends and relatives, which would surely work a hardship on any man to have to contemplate. Re-consider the near death experience of Robert Lincoln, pulled from out of the moving rail cars by Edwin Booth. So much coincidence and serendipity. Booth didn't realize till later who he had saved. But consider if Robert Lincoln had been dragged under and killed by the moving railroad cars. That might have sent Mary and Abraham Lincoln over the edge with grief. And immensely added to the grief overload for Lincoln, and changed history.