Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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A Menard County farmer and Republican officeholder, Rutledge was a first cousin of Ann Rutledge and the brother of James McGrady Rutledge. Born two years after his cousin's death, his knowledge of her love affair and engagement with AL came from his brother and others. (Miller; tombstone at Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, Ill.)