John Wilkes Booth
mckinley brandt
birth & early life.
born may 10,1838
he was the 9th out of 10 kids
him & his siblings were raised on a farm worked by slaves
grew up in be-lair
acting career
made his acting debut when he was 17
he performed a role in Shakespeare's Richard 3
New York debut with the lead in Richard 3
mary ann holmes
johns mom
junius brutus booth
johns dad
Edwin booth
johns brother
Lincolns assassination
on April 14,1865 at precisely 10 p.m booth shot the president
Lincoln was watching of american cousin
booth yelled sci simper tyrannis (the south is avenged)
his buddies
David Harold- pharmacy clerk
George Asteroid- painter and boatmen
Lewis Powell- prisoner of war
Mary Surat-boarding house