On verso: "Died on boat on way home between Memphis and Cairo."]]>
Photo caption: "Inscription on opposite side of monument erected to the memory of Mary Ann Rutledge and John Rutledge her son. John Rutledge died May 17, 1879, aged 68 years, 5 mos, 18 days. Hard is it from thee to part, Though it rend my aching heart, Since an heir to Glory's gone, Let the will of God be done."]]>