Who is this lady?

[Steve Whitlock]

(06-25-2021 07:30 AM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  

(06-25-2021 07:18 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  One of the grandchildren of John T. Ford ?

Not a grandchild of John T. Ford, but the Ford Theatre brought her great grandmother's half-brother (same mother) fame, and gave her his surname for a middle name.

I mainly included the photo of Edwina Leale (Polk) Black-Hampton, whose mother was Leale Wilson (Roney) Polk because it adds somewhat to a glorious career of Dr. Charles Augustus Leale, the 1st doctor to reach president Lincoln after he was shot.

Charles Augustus Leale was the son of Anna Maria Burr and William Pickett Leale, who died circa 1842-43, with Charles born in 1842. His mother then married George H. Wilson, and Charles A. Wilson was in the 1850 census. The half-sister I mentioned was Emmalina/Emmeline (Wilson) Irvine.

Anna M Wilson
in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Anna M Wilson
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1850: Portland Ward 1, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Line Number: 14
Dwelling Number: 342
Family Number: 480
Household Members Age
George H Wilson 42
Anna M Wilson 26 [Anna Maria (Burr) Leale-Wilson]
Charles A Wilson 8 [Charles A. Leale]
Richard B Wilson 5
Anna M Wilson 3
Emeline Wilson 0 [Emmalina (Wilson) Irvine]
Mary E Burr 8
Margaret Smith 18
Elizabeth Potter 34
David Potter 8
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Charles, of course, went on to a great career as a physician. I'm presuming that's the reason that Leale was carried as a family name for the Wilson line.

I only discovered this because I was checking the maternal line of Dr. Leale for a living descendant.

Does anyone know whether any of the doctors attending Lincoln may have accidentally cut themselves during the process? I ask because there is evidence of blood on Lincoln's sheet that wasn't his.