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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Personal name headingBooth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
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Variant(s)Booth, J. Wilkes (John Wilkes), 1838-1865
Birth date1838-05-10
Death date1865-04-26
Place of birthBel Air (Harford County, Md.)
Place of deathPort Royal (Va.)
Field of activityActing
Profession or occupationActors
Found inBaker, L.B. An eyewitness account of the death of J. Wilkes Booth, 1946.
Wikipedia, website viewed February 10, 2016 (John Wilkes Booth; born May 10, 1838, Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland; died April 26, 1865, Port Royal, Virginia; American stage actor; assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865; Confederate sympathizer)