Assassination Trivia

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(07-23-2015 08:21 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(07-23-2015 08:16 AM)PaigeBooth Wrote:  I do recall a theory involving the belief that Booth escaped capture, claiming he lived out his life at the home of a family member in Mississippi.

Brilliant, Paige! That is correct. The stone is in Smith Cemetery in Guntown, Mississippi.

There is some information here:

http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc19/brice10.htm

Paige, you win very best wishes for a wonderful day!

Years ago, a gentleman from Guntown, Mississippi, told me about this local escape story. Very interesting, but hard to imagine that JWB could live out his life hidden away in a relation's upstairs room -- especially when the relation claimed to be Booth's cousin and bearing the same last name. Junius Booth did not have a brother who survived to adulthood, but I have not traced the Booth family past Richard Booth, JWB's grandfather (who chose his name).