Weik. Death Herndon died March 18, 1891, at his farm north of Springfield. He is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, the same cemetery as the Lincoln Tomb. Herndon's son William, or Willie, died the same day as his father. Herndon died of la grippe (influenza) and his son Willie had la grippe that turned into pneumonia. At that time, William H., his wife Anna, Willie M. and their daughters Nina and Millie were at home. Herndon's wife Anna died less than two years later. Portrayal He was portrayed by Jason Robards, Sr. in the 1930 film Abraham Lincoln Alan Baxter in the 1940 biographical film Abe Lincoln in Illinois Jeffrey DeMunn in the 1988 (TV mini-series) Lincoln Keith Carradine in the 1992 movie Lincoln Michael Maize in the 2013 film Saving Lincoln Bob Gunton in the 2017 film The Gettysburg Address Herndon was portrayed in many films for decades. See also Abraham Lincoln's patent Notes References Further reading David Herbert Donald, Lincoln's Herndon (1948) the standard scholarly biography online R. Vincent Enlow, "The Abraham Lincoln Genesis Cover-up: The Censored Origins of an Illustrious Ancestor," relating Herndon's accounts Roy P. Basler, ed. (1953) Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, including the 15 February 1848 letter from Lincoln to Herndon. Letters: (1) William H. Herndon to Jesse W. Weik, Jan. 16, 1886, Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress (2) Mary Todd Lincoln to David Davis, Mar. 6, [1867], "Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters," ed. Justin G. Turner and Linda Leavitt Turner (1972) External links Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois People from Greensburg, Kentucky People from Springfield, Illinois 1818 births 1891 deaths American biographers American male biographers Illinois Whigs 19th-century American politicians Illinois Republicans Mayors of Springfield, Illinois Illinois lawyers Deaths from the 1889–1890 flu pandemic Historians of Abraham Lincoln Burials at Oak Ridge Cemetery