Assassination Trivia

[RJNorton]

Nope, he is not connected with John Surratt.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Did he have to do with Mary Suratt?

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Or Atzerodt?

[RJNorton]

Nope, he was not connected with Mary Surratt or George Atzerodt.

[L Verge]

Connected with Dr. Sam Mudd?

[Steve]

Does the source you used for the image have a date for it? By the man's clothes, I was thinking it dates from at least a decade earlier.

Anyway for my next guess...

John W. Wharton, the employer of Arnold?

[J. Beckert]

Henry Burnett?

[RJNorton]

Thanks for trying everyone, but no one is correct. Steve, the photo is undated in the book where I found this photo. I believe the author probably got the photo from a descendant, and it's possible the family does not have a date for it.

Hint #4: The book which has the photo when the man was older has been previously mentioned on the forum. This book was written by a member of this forum.

Hint #4.25: In one previous guess, the right conspirator was mentioned in the post, but the person guessing did not ask if this were the right conspirator.

Hint #4.5: The book where I found the photo for this question has been previously mentioned on the forum.

Hint #4.75: The man in the photo has been previously mentioned on the forum.

[Gene C]

Would the person pictured have supported the Confederacy?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Is Herold the respective conspirator?

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Do you refer to Kathy's book? Or Tom Bogar's?

[RJNorton]

Gene, Wikipedia says the person was a Union supporter.

Eva, no, no, and no.

[L Verge]

Wild guess, but Parson Lemuel Wilmer?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not him.

Hint #5: The book (written by a member of this forum) that has the photo of this man when he was older has been mentioned in one of the previous wrong guesses for this question.

[Gene C]

Is our mystery man connected to the Seward family or Lewis Paine/Powell?

[RJNorton]

Gene, yes, the connection is to Lewis Powell.

[Dave Taylor]

It's Rev. Abram Gillette, Lewis Powell's spiritual advisor.