"EVERY STORY TOLD IS A LIFE LIVED AND EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY"
~~~~~~~~~~~ THE JOHN WILKES BOOTH STORY ~~~~~~~~~~
JOHN WILKES BOOTH
ACTORS MAGGIE MITCHELL AND JOHN WILKES BOOTH
In 1859 John Wilkes Booth was married to Izola Mills in secret & had a daughter.
The diary found on the man removed from the burning barn at Garrett's farm, strangely contained photographs of just about every romantic partner John Wilkes Booth had ever courted, including Maggie Mitchell. Was it actually overkill- evidence planted to convince the nation beyond a reasonable doubt, that this man was indeed the assassin, John Wilkes Booth?
The photograph on the right is of a young JOHN WILKES BOOTH.
The photograph on the left appears also to be of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, at an older age,
after his reported demise.
THE STORY OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH - ACTOR - ASSASSIN
TINTYPE OF W.C. QUANTRILL (standing), A VERY YOUNG JOHN WILKES BOOTH (seated left) and MICHAEL O'LAUGHLEN (seated right).
Booth and O'Laughlen show the hand sign of the Knights of the Golden Circle.
Willim Clarke Quantrill (alias) was a KGC member from an early age, as was Booth.1854-55.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH AROUND 1854-55
ALREADY A "KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE".
JOHN WILKES BOOTH IN BOSTON 1856
JOSEPH ADRIAN BOOTH or SAMUEL BLAND ARNOLD?
JOHN WILKES BOOTH
JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH JR.
AND EDWIN BOOTH.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH & IZOLA MILLS (Top Left Corner)
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN (seated right)
During the 1850's while attending college, Booth became acquainted with several prominent Vermont and New Hampshire affiliated families, which included the Todds of Kentucky, the Stephen Douglas family and the Lincolns.
Many a weekend was spent enjoying winter sports and socializing
in Rutland County, Vermont.
It was the beginning of many historical relationships which would last through the Civil War.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH and IZOLA MILLS (left).
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN and wife to be, MARY EUNICE HARLAN.
THE LINCOLN CONSPIRATORS
"MY WORDS BUT A WHISPER... IN DEAFNESS, A S H O U T !" [Jethro Tull]
CONSPIRATORS, SAMUEL BLAND ARNOLD, DAVID HEROLD
LEWIS THORNTON POWELL and THOMAS H. HARBIN (alias Thomas Wilson) HARBIN OWNED A HOTEL & TAVERN UNTIL 1861.
LEWIS POWELL AFTER BEING KICKED IN THE JAW BY A MULE. THIS IS AN EARLY PICTURE AND SHOWS BOTH SIDES OF HIS FACE SWOLLEN.
LEWIS POWELL
POWELL'S AGE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, APPEARS TO INDICATE BOOTH AND POWELL WERE FRIENDS A LOT LONGER THAN PORTRAYED IN HISTORICAL RECORDS SINCE IT WAS FOUND IN A BOOTH FAMILY ALBUM.
NEW YORKER, WILLIAM HENREY SEWARD, PORTRAYED BY HISTORY AS A VERY CORRUPT POLITICIAN, WAS A TARGET OF THE CONSPIRACY.
ON THE NIGHT OF THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION, POWELL ATTACKED AND BADLY INJURED SEVERAL PEOPLE AT SECRETARY OF STATE SEWARD'S HOME.
LEWIS POWELL aka PAYNE /PAINE
HAD A JAW PROBLEM FROM BEING KICKED IN THE FACE BY A MULE WHEN YOUNG. IN THESE PAST 2 PHOTOS, THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE SHOWS THE LINGERING INJURY.
LEWIS THORNTON POWELL
(PHOTO TAKEN BY GARDNER ON THE USS MONTAUK)
POWELL WAS A SOLDIER FOR THE CONFEDERACY, WOUNDED & IMPRISONED AT GETTYSBURG, WHO AFTER ESCAPE JOINED JOHN S. MOSBY'S RANGERS. HE WAS TALL AND STRONG
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE TODD FAMILY INCLUDING CONFEDERATE MEMBERS & SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
16th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ?
BELIEVED TO BE A VERY EARLY DAGUERREOTYPE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. FOUND AMONG SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN ILLINOIS BELONGING TO THE FAMILY OF THOMAS CRAIG MILLER.
