William Herndon (lawyer)
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William Henry Herndon was an American lawyer and politician who was a law partner and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. He was an early member of the new Republican Party and was elected mayor
Herndon ca. 1875
Herndon's birthplace in Greensburg
An older William Herndon.
Ann Rutledge
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Ann Mayes Rutledge was allegedly Abraham Lincoln's first love.
William Herndon (lawyer)
…Particularly damning was the denunciation of the book by Robert Todd Lincoln, whose grudge against Herndon stemmed largely from Herndon's recounting of Ann Rutledge as the only romantic love of his father's life. Weik felt that Herndon's portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln and the Lincoln's domestic life was especially…
A likeness by artist and historian George S. Stuart created from her physical description mentioned in historical records. No known painting of Ann Rutledge exists from life.
A Keystone Marker for Rutledge, Pennsylvania, named after Ann Rutledge