New Development in Booth Case Coming Soon

[Steve Whitlock]

(06-30-2019 04:46 PM)Steve Wrote:  

(06-30-2019 10:16 AM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  FM Steve, I finally found the marriage of Dolly Adeline Baker and John Wilkes Booth in Cheyenne, WY, not in 1873 but in 1874.

Cheyenne Genealogical & Historical Society

Bride Groom Marriage Date Book Page

Baker, Dollie Adeline Booth, John Wilkes March 10, 1874 B 134-135
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I can't imagine someone writing that they are John Wilkes Booth in 1874. I haven't seen the actual record, but now we know where it is, Book B, pg 134-135.

That's some great work, Steve!

FM Steve,

Just to let you know I have someone who is going to get me an image of the marriage record for John Wilkes Booth and Dollie Adeline Baker next week.

One doesn't know how much to rely on in the obit for this John Wilkes Booth who d: 1916 Leadville, CO; however, it says he was a mason, as was John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. Edwin Booth was a mason as well.

I had a friend who was a mason, but he passed away, and I'm trying to remember whether the masons would have required the name of parents for John Wilkes Booth b: 1848 MA (per census records). At any rate it's likely they would have wanted some information about him, but I don't know where to access that information, or if it's only available to masons.

The obit also gives a birth date of 2 Jun 1848. The only boy born 2 Jun 1848 in MA with the given name John that I can't account for was a John Dougherty born in a almshouse to Ann Dougherty from Ireland. No father is listed and I don't know what became of John Dougherty. Maybe he was adopted, but if adopted by Booths why isn't he in a census 1850-1870?

John Dougherty

in the Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915

Name: John Dougherty
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 Jun 1848
Birth Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Dougherty
Mother: Ann Dougherty
[NOTE: John was born in a almshouse, and no father is shown]
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I'm just adding the John Dougherty information with no expectation that it's John Wilkes Booth 1848-1916, who said both his parents were born in MA in census records (if he really knew). He and Dolly claim Junius Jr Booth is his father, but Junius Brutus Booth Jr was born in SC.