"Monument for Ned Rigg placed" -- Atchison KS - News Article Locations on Waymarking.com

The beautiful, haunting, and tragic tombstone for Little Ned Rigg stands at Mount Vernon Cemetery, and you can almost feel the heartbreak. Blasterz heard from a lady at the local museum that Little Ned is writing a letter to his departed mother, but that the letter is no longer legible.

A search of Newspapers.com led us to these two articles:

From the 27 Nov 1887 edition of the Atchison Daily Patriot: (visit link)

"Ned Rigg, the seven-year-old son of Tom Rigg, died this morning from congestion of the lungs. The funeral will occur from the Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock tomorrow."

From the Dec 23 1888 edition of the Atchison Daily Champion:

"The beautiful and artistic monument recently placed at the grave of Little Ned Rigg, was the work of an Italiuan sculptor, and was imported by Sprague Monument and granite works of Muscatine Iowa."

Type of publication: Newspaper When was the article reported?: 12/23/1888 Publication: The Atchison Daily Champion Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: yes How widespread was the article reported?: local News Category: Society/People

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