John Wilkes Booth Ring

[L Verge]

(05-13-2015 09:04 PM)Carolyn Mitchell Wrote:  

(09-16-2014 04:35 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Pinky rings were very popular with men of the middle and upper classes during the 19th century, so it would not have been unusual for Booth to have owned several. My mind is fading with age, but I believe there was one still in the family that was brought along by a descendant on one of our Booth tours in the early-1980s.

If you want to believe the medical examiners who supposedly x-rayed the Booth mummy back in the 1930s, there is one in the mummy's tummy - even engraved with the letter "B."

Finally, there is a lady in California (who may be a member of this forum) who has been tracing the hair ring supposedly given by Lucy to her beloved. I know she found a sales receipt for such a ring (from Tiffany's?), but I got caught up on other things at work and have not stayed on top of this. Perhaps Betty or Dave has???

You're talking about Suzie Nash in California. She's an expert on Lucy Hale and a long time Booth researcher. She's also put together a detailed Booth family tree on ancestry.com, expanding on what the late Dinah Faber put together years ago. I'll send her this post.

Would love to hear from Ms. Nash and have her join this forum to share some of her research with us. However, the lady who found the Tiffany receipt is Angela Smythe. I believe that several of our friends here are in touch with her. She was especially intrigued with Booth's ties to the Richmond Greys when I was corresponding with her.