John Wilkes Booth
5/10/1838 - 4/26/1865
Taurus
Last Words
"Useless, useless."
Death & Legacy
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The murder of Mr. Lincoln set off a wave of national grief.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Gunshot wound
- Age at Death
- 26 years
- Funeral Location
- Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Final Resting Place
- Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, USA