doctors at lincoln's bedside

[Tom Brown]

I was hoping to get some help from some of the experts on this blog! I am from Milford, Ohio home of Dr. Charles Gatch. In every and any historic publication they list Dr. Gatch as the first physician to reach Lincoln. I cannot find any proof. He passed away in 1870 with no public testimony and the next we hear of him is in the 1908 article in which his brother makes many outrageous and false claims. The only hint of his participation is the George Alfred Townsend book, "The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth" in which he mentions a C. D. Gatch in the death room. Any other morsel besides the Townsend mention or his brother Oliver's false narrative?