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RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 02-24-2016 12:28 PM

William Doster ? Looks like him
(except for the ears, and the nose, and the part in his hair)

http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northampton/1picts/davis/271wedoster.jpg

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 02-24-2016 02:24 PM

(02-24-2016 11:38 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Hint #2: On the forum his name would be mentioned in the WH Years or Assassination threads.

OK - I now remember - Charles Dwight Hess (more commonly known as C.D. Hess), the manager at Grover's Theatre. I should have known this earlier.

RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-25-2016 06:50 AM

Kudos, Roger, you nailed it! And Gene is right as Dr. Houmes once pointed out the ears determine a person like fingerprints.

Here's some info on C.D. Hess, and it's a very interesting site at all (IMO):
http://www.operaoldcolo.info/personages/company9.html

On April 2, 1864, the Lincolns, the Seward family and Julia Grant attended Charles Gounod's "Faust" at Grover's.

Roger, you win this wonderful "Walpurgis Night" scene from "Faust", here brilliantly and famously performed by George Balanchine's NYC Ballet:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q3mTBtTOZ8

While the opera first premiered in 1859, the ballet was inserted in 1869, thus the Lincoln/Sweard/Grant party at Grover's missed it.

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 02-25-2016 09:48 AM

Thanks, Eva. Not only have I never seen Walpurgisnacht Ballet, but I've never attended any ballet in person.

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 05-13-2016 04:04 AM

Who is this?

RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 05-13-2016 05:05 AM

Looks somehow representative. Did he found/lead an organization/association or museum?

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 05-13-2016 06:25 AM

He did a lot of things in his life - hard to list them all. He is mentioned in virtually all Abraham Lincoln biographies.

RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 05-13-2016 08:14 AM

Osborn Oldroyd?

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 05-13-2016 09:11 AM

That is a very good guess, Eva, but it is not Osborn Oldroyd.

RE: Who is this person? - Joe Di Cola - 05-13-2016 12:12 PM

James Shields with whom Lincoln almost fought a duel with sabers.

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 05-13-2016 12:25 PM

Kudos, Joe! That is correct.

You win the right to choose the weapons if you are ever in a duel. This prize holds true whether you initiated the challenge or were challenged by another person.

RE: Who is this person? - L Verge - 05-13-2016 04:43 PM

Was Lincoln skilled in the use of sabers?

RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 05-13-2016 05:00 PM

No, he allegedly chose the sword because his longer arms might have been of advantage and Shields was better at shooting.

I remember when I saw Shield's photo first I thought he just doesn't look like someone (a gentleman) to challenge others to a real fight.

RE: Who is this person? - DanielC - 05-13-2016 05:44 PM

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/lincoln-hub/abraham-lincolns-duel.html

RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 05-14-2016 03:52 AM

Thanks for posting the link, Dan.