Springfield Tour

[Anita]

Rob, thanks for shedding light on this topic. Excellent research. I thought there was more to this than a stone cutter's error but didn't know where to look or who might gain from such an edit.

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(10-04-2016 09:36 AM)davg2000 Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 04:51 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(10-03-2016 05:50 PM)Anita Wrote:  Do we know who paid for the granite headstone in 1921? Would copy have been submitted to the engraver or at the least who would have final approval? I agree it could just have been an engraving error.

Anita, I had forgotten (gettin' old) that I had asked about this a few years ago, but then remembered. I looked back and saw Blaine Houmes had posted an interesting theory:

"Ann Rutledge's grave stone with the poem was placed in the cemetery in 1921. Robert Todd Lincoln was still alive in 1921, and both he and his mother were enraged at the Ann Rutledge story ever since Herndon started talking about it in the 1800's. Robert Todd Lincoln didn't die until 1926.

Coincidence? Or careful editing?"

I would think that Masters would have had to approve an edited change. Perhaps he did, tacitly. I'm still leaning toward stone cutter's error or ignorance and Masters's indifference. In the genealogy work I've done, I've learned to be wary of what is on a gravestone.

Dave, now that we know this was in fact deliberate editing which proves your point about being wary of what is on a gravestone, have you run across many such errors in your genealogy work? So much family history and history in general rely heavily on what's written there.

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(10-03-2016 07:48 PM)Gene C Wrote:  When no one was looking at the museum, I managed to sneak a piece of black fuzz off the floor that I'm pretty sure must have come from Marilyn's dress.
I'll try to remember to bring it next time we get together. Don't tell anyone.

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Anita,

Joe or Dave may know more about the cemetery associations or Ann's headstone than I do.

If you come this way again, I found this a helpful book,
Living in the Shadow of Greatness, by Raymond Montgomery
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Shadow-Gre...+greatness

I purchased mine used.
There is a map of the area in the book, but it's loose. If you buy a copy, and the map is missing, send me a message and I can make a copy of mine and send it to you.

Gene,
Thanks for the great link and offer should I need the map. As to that black fuzz from Marilyn's dress, if you framed it nicely with a photo and engraved plaque, you could list it on eBay.