Ann Rutledge

Ann Rutledge is also the name of a passenger train in Illinois and Missouri.

Ann Rutledge (January 7, 1813 - August 25, 1835) was allegedly Abraham Lincoln's first love. Her death led to Lincoln's first-known severe depression.

Born near Henderson, Kentucky, she was the third of ten children born to Mary and James Rutledge. In 1829, her father, along with John M. Cameron, founded New Salem, Illinois.

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