Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"

[RJNorton]

Thank you, Fred. Not a year goes by in which I do not receive letters from folks whose family lore states an ancestor was present at Lincoln's deathbed. 99% of the time I cannot locate any evidence that their family lore is historically correct. It sounds like you feel O'Beirne was not present at the time of death despite his claim that he was. This would correspond with the other sources I have, and I will continue to leave O'Beirne off the list I send to inquiring people.

I will not close the book on it, though. Long ago on this forum I stated I had about 8 books that said Grant did not accompany Mary Lincoln to see the Grand Illumination on the night of April 13, 1865. Then forum member Linda Anderson found all of these books were wrong, and Grant did indeed accompany Mary Lincoln that night. I was really surprised so many books were wrong and am forever grateful to Linda for finding the truth.