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21 March 1826 - 29 August 1842

Mary Ann Jackson married William P. Rutledge 23 July 1841 in Washington County. Unfortunately, their life together was cut short when she died in childbirth just one year later. About 1856, William Rutledge took his young son, William Pinckney Rutledge, Jr, and new family to live near his family in Williamson County in the eventual Pond Springs community. Captain William P. Rutledge, Sr. died 27 April 1890 in Pond Springs, Texas after years of service to the Republic and State of Texas. William P. Rutledge, Jr. died at the tender age of 20 years while in service with the Confederate Army on 3 May 1863. He had been taken prisoner by the Union Army and died at Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois. He is buried in the Camp Butler National Cemetery.

Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 29 August 2024), memorial page 13928444, Capt William Pinckney Rutledge (1815-1890), created by Cory L. Thompson, managed by Suzanne Tucker Borum; citing Pond Springs Cemetery, Jollyville, Williamson, Texas, USA.

Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 29 August 2024), memorial page 2560027, William Pickney Rutledge, Jr. (1842-1863), created by US Veterans Affair Office, maintained by Dora E Niceschwander Isaacks; citing Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA.

This headstone, footstone, and ledger are sponsored in perpetuum by TJ George