More recent tombstone reads as follows:
"In Memory Of RUTLEDGE
Dr. John Biddle Rutledge Son of Col. Joshua Rutledge and Augustive Biddle Rutledge of Red Brick House Farm, Harford Co., MD.
Born Feb. 13, 1798 Died Feb. 17, 1837
Princeton Univ (College of NJ) B. Litt. 1818 Studied Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Married on Oct. 14, 1823 to Lucinda Dillard Ward Rutledge
Their Four Children Joshua Biddle Rutledge Martha Henry Augusta Rutledge Pigg Eliza Lucinda Rutledge Johnston Virginia Jane Rutledge Pigg
Built and Lived in Monteflora Loving Husband, Father, Patriot, and Physician"
Burial: Adams Ward Family Cemetery Altavista Campbell County Virginia, USA
Original tombstone inscription Inscription: Dr. John Rutledge son of Joshua of MD Born 1880 Mard L. D. Ward 1823 Died 1837
- Kirk LeCompte
Note: The inscription on the first tombstone is incorrect. He can't be born in 1880 and die in 1837.
Carolyn
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