Lincoln and Ann Rutledge

[Joe Di Cola]

I agree with Ed Steers about where Ann Rutledge is really buried, and any who have accompanied me out to Old Concord Cemetery will have heard me speak on this. For more information read Gary Erikson's article: "The Graves of Ann Rutledge and the Old Concord Burial Ground" in the Lincoln Herald, vol. 71, No. 3, Fall, 1969.
As for any mention of contact between Lincoln and Ann between 1831 and August, 1835 when she died, I have spent YEARS trying to piece anything together other than the memories recorded by others. There is nothing in Lincoln Day By Day since everything in there has a paper trail of one sort or another. There is no paper trail concerning Lincoln and Ann. There are also no records of day-to-day interactions Lincoln had with other Rutledges or Onstot or Isaac Burner or Jack Kelso, etc. Any records of interactions between Lincoln and other people in and around New Salem involve lawsuits, judgments form payments, elections, commercial transactions, election campaigns, etc. for which there are paper trails.
So, it is not surprising that there is nothing similar for the time that Lincoln and Ann may have interacted.
We will never know the full story of any relationship between those two. It will always remain a farrago of fact and myth. QAs Ed mentioned, read the Simon article; it is outstanding.