The legend began soon after Lincoln’s death and received a boost when Ann’s remains were moved to Oakland Cemetery near New Salem, Illinois. This tombsone was erected bearing an epitaph from the poet Edgar Lee Masters. After some rhetorical flourishes, including a quote from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, it reads: “I am Ann Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds, Beloved of Abraham Lincoln, Wedded to him, not through union, But through separation. Bloom forever, O Republic, From the dust of my bosom! January 7th, 1813.—August 25th, 1835.”