Rutherford House

Dr. Hiram Rutherford (1815-1900), a doctor in the prairie town of Oakland, was a recognized abolitionist in Illinois. He is notable for his association with the Matson Trial of 1847, the only known case in which Abraham Lincoln, then ...

Fair-Rutherford House / Rutherford House

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The Fair-Rutherford House, a Greek Revival cottage, stood here from ca. 1850 until it was demolished in 2004.

Built for Dr. Samuel Fair, it passed through several owners before 1905, when William H. Rutherford (1852-1910)

bought and enlarged ...

Rutherford House

“Go in!”

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The Federal offensive in the Shenandoah Valley began in May 1864 faltered in the summer with Confederate victories and Gen. Jubal A. Early’s Washington Raid in July. Union General Philip H. Sheridan took command in August, defeated ...