Who are the plumbers?

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(02-10-2015 11:21 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  So was it Fleetwood Lindley or George Cashman?

Cashman's wife, Dorothy Moline Cashman, wrote a pamphlet entitled The Lincoln Tomb. It's small - only 25 pages - but packed with information. I have a copy. Dorothy's husband, George Cashman, was (at the time of her writing) curator of the tomb. Mrs. Cashman dedicated her pamphlet to her husband. On page 14 of The Lincoln Tomb Mrs. Cashman wrote, "At the time of his death in 1963 Fleetwood Lindley was the last living person to have looked upon Mr. Lincoln's face."

So George Cashman's wife admitted her husband was "embellishing" (or worse). So I do believe Fleetwood Lindley was indeed the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln.

Cashman was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 27, 1897, so on Sept 26, 1901 he was 3 years, 8 months old. That makes "his story" completely odd.