New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon

[Steve]

I just wanted to give everyone (especially Steve W.) a quick update on an interesting twist on the who is the father of Laura Ida Booth question. It turns out that her father was indeed John Wilkes Booth, just a different John Wilkes Booth who was born about 10 years later than the assassin. Here's a link to his Find a grave page:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1316...lkes-booth

According to the 1910 census this JWB was also a cabinetmaker, the same profession which newspaper accounts claim Laura Ida Booth's father had. It seems as though after he left Ida's pregnant mother this JWB took up with another woman, either marrying her or living together as if they were married, eventually settling in Leadville Colorado. According to the census records this JWB was born in Massachusetts.