(03-23-2018, 03:23 PM)RJNorton Wrote:

(03-23-2018, 03:19 PM)L Verge Wrote: Keep scrolling down on that same link until you see an article about John Parker, the so-called bodyguard that night. You will see a photo claiming to be Parker taken from FindaGrave. Except, I don't believe it is Parker.

Right, Laurie - it's Ward Hill Lamon.

You win, Roger. And I just realized that I did not pose that as a question. I would have been booted off of Jeopardy.

What is this person's name?

Would the entire original photo show more persons? Looks civilian and innocent. I realize the background is "wrong", but is he depicted in one of the many deathbed photos?

(03-26-2018, 05:04 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Would the entire original photo show more persons? Looks civilian and innocent. I realize the background is "wrong", but is he depicted in one of the many deathbed photos?

"Would the entire original photo show more persons?"

I do not know. This is the only photo I have of this person. I do not know if it were cropped out of a larger photo or not.

"I realize the background is "wrong", but is he depicted in one of the many deathbed photos?"

You are on the right track. Now what is his name?

Julius Ulke?

Was my thinking, too.

Kudos, Eva and Gene!! Yes, it is Julius Ulke - the man who took this photo:

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewit...image=13.3

Who is this man?

Doctor or clergy?

Nope, Eva, he was neither a doctor or clergyman.

But he was an enemy to historical fact. I believe that is Mr. Finis Bates, whose story created one of the legends that has irritated me for lo these many years - The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth.

P.S. Also the grandfather of actress Kathy Bates, and I just learned recently that Kathy's great-great-grandfather was doctor to President Andrew Jackson.

Very good, Laurie. You are correct. It is Finis Bates.

Who is this man?

Photo is familiar, and I'm tempted to say that it was an actor of the day, but...

Good eyes, Laurie. You are on the right track.