Editing Caesar Rodney (section)

== Death and legacy ==
Rodney was tormented throughout his life by asthma, and his adult years were plagued by a facial cancer. He experienced expensive, painful, and futile medical treatments for the cancer.<ref name="Dssi" /> Caesar wore a green scarf to hide his disfigured face.<ref name="Deck" /> He died from the disease after eight years.<ref name="Dssi" /> His body is buried at an unmarked grave on his beloved farm, "Poplar Grove" (known as "Byfield" today). While there is a marker that appears to be a gravestone for Caesar Rodney at Christ Episcopal Church, this is merely a monument. Many sources cite that he is buried there; however, most Delaware historians believe that the remains of one of Rodney's unidentified relatives is buried there instead.<ref name="Dssi" /> Rodney actually is buried in an unmarked grave in his family's unmarked plot on their former 800-acre farm east of [[Dover Air Force Base]].<ref name="Delonline">{{cite news|last1=brown|first1=robin|date=24 April 2007|title=Where is Caesar Rodney really buried?|publisher=Gannett Company|agency=Delaware online newspaper|url=http://archive.delawareonline.com/article/20070424/NEWS12/704240394/Where-Caesar-Rodney-really-buried-|url-status=dead|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211151305/http://archive.delawareonline.com/article/20070424/NEWS12/704240394/Where-Caesar-Rodney-really-buried-|archive-date=11 December 2015}}</ref>

The [[Caesar Rodney School District]] in Delaware is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=The District 1915-1940's|url=https://www.crk12.org/domain/843|publisher=[[Caesar Rodney School District]]|accessdate=2021-06-16}}</ref>