Locks of hair

[BettyO]

Wouldn't that be fabulous! Oh well...I do have the ONE hair from Edwin's head!

[Carolyn Mitchell]

Wouldn't that be fabulous! Oh well...I do have the ONE hair from Edwin's head!

Wow! That is so cool! I have Edwin's personal cigar case with his name embroidered on it. It's definitely going to get buried with me LOL!

[HerbS]

I have a lock of Mary Surratt's hair!I was told that it is authentic and I hope it is!

[RJNorton]

That's neat, Herb!

[Eva Elisabeth]

Did she already have some single grey strands, Herb?

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(Anyone out there who has a Lincoln lock?)

[HerbS]

No,she had beautiful hair[in my opinion]!

[DanielC]

On the topic of locks of hair, has anyone claimed to have any of the other conspirators locks of hair? It certainly looks like Powell, Azerodt, and Herold received haircuts before their execution. I would not be surprised if whomever dispensed the hair cut was approached for a momento.

[BettyO]

On the topic of locks of hair, has anyone claimed to have any of the other conspirators locks of hair? It certainly looks like Powell, Azerodt, and Herold received haircuts before their execution. I would be surprised if whomever dispensed the hair cut was approached for a momento.

The male conspirators had their hair cut twice in prison - once in June and again on July 4th - their barber was one Private Alexander Foley, Company B, 10th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps.

You would think that either Foley or others would have taken hair as mementos.....

[hair collector guy]

Lock of Booth's hair taken by John Peddicord sold by Heritage Auction on September 17, 2016 (see link for details and picture). It is in good hands.

http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/ne...21731.page

I just finished Alford's book "Fortune's Fool" and learned that multiple people ended up with locks of Booth's hair after he passed; Aunt Lue, Mary crowninshield, John Peddicord and Blanch to name a few......

Does anyone know if any of the locks still survive today?

Thanks!

[RJNorton]

In John Wilkes Booth: Day by Day Art Loux mentions an article entitled "About John Wilkes Booth, Roanoke Gentleman Saw Corpse." The article was in the Roanoke Evening News, June 6, 1903. The article is about Dr. John Peddicord. Can anyone post this article?

[hair collector guy]

In John Wilkes Booth: Day by Day Art Loux mentions an article entitled "About John Wilkes Booth, Roanoke Gentleman Saw Corpse." The article was in the Roanoke Evening News, June 6, 1903. The article is about Dr. John Peddicord. Can anyone post this article?

Attached are scans of the article, copy of a copy of a copy,etc, so let me know if you can't read something and I will reply.One such example is at the end of the first section which reads "on the monitor Montauk, supposed to be in danger of violence. He says:". Another account uses "mob violence" instead of just "violence".            

[RJNorton]

Many thanks for posting the article, Jonathan! Betty also cites this article in Alias "Paine:" Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy.

[hair collector guy]

    Attached is a photo of the Booth lock cut by J M Peddicord as encased by Peddicord.

Rich and I also tried to track down the lock of hair cut by Petticord aboard the ironclad with no luck. we were on a lead from Frank Gorman. He was the attorney who represented Greenmount Cemetery in the exhumation trial. He said that all during the trial, there was a man who sat behind him. After the trial, the man stopped by Frank's office. He was a direct descendant of Petticord's and showed Frank the lock of hair. Frank gave me a name, but it turned out the name he gave me was of the reporter for the Washington Post who covered the trial. Currently, the search for the Petticord lock of hair has gone cold.