Booth's Body

[PaigeBooth]

That's a very good point you make, Laurie; I wondered the same thing. Well, I did some deeper research on Fleming James this afternoon, and although I am still unable to find a picture of him, I did find some very interesting information about Fleming's later life; this information was all new to me and I thought I would share it.

As stated before, Fleming James remained in Baltimore after the burial of John Wilkes Booth and worked at Saint Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church. Apparently, Fleming was rather successful at this church and obviously well received; Maryland not being among the most loyal of states, it seems probable in my opinion that Fleming could be welcomed in Baltimore and disliked in his New York church where he eventually lost his job. I say Fleming James was well received because upon the death of a certain Robert Fowler, Fleming served as officiating clergyman. Robert Fowler was State Treasurer of Maryland for some time, and later served as a Whig in the House of Delegates; thus, making Fowler a very prominent man in Maryland. As I see it, Fleming James was obviously well liked in Baltimore or he would not have been given the honor of officiating clergyman at Robert Fowler's funeral.

Sometime in the 1870's, Fleming's friend, Reverend T.U. Dudley (who substituted the job of minister at JWB's funeral to Fleming) left the Baltimore area and moved to Louisville, Kentucky.

Perhaps upon loosing his job in New York after leaving Baltimore, Fleming James moved to Philadelphia, where he became a Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Care in a Divinity School. It is unclear to me how long Fleming lived and worked in Philadelphia, but he eventually followed his friend T.U. Dudley and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where Dudley (perhaps having a guilty conscience about pushing Fleming into the job of minister at Booth's funeral) offered Fleming a job at a certain Calvary Church in Louisville, where Dudley worked.

I can only assume Fleming James died in Louisville, Kentucky.