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John Wilkes Booth was the ninth of ten children
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John attended a quaker-run,milton boarding school for boys in Sparks Maryland.He later attended St.Timothy's hall until the death of his father

Booth had a theatre season in Richmond,Virginiahttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/RichmondTheatre%28VA%29in1858.jpg

Booth created an oil company after the oil boom started with his friends John Ellsler&Thomas Mears

Booth was engaged to Lucy Lambert Hale,the daughter of U.S Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire
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John wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

Booth became aware that his co-conspirators were arrested(Mary Surratt,Arnold,ect.)

Booth wrote of his dismay in a journal entry,while he awaited night to come so he could cross Potomac River into Virginia.

Union soldiers were sent to find Booth

Booth was killed by a union soldier in Port Royal,Virginia at the age of 26http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Garrett_Farm.gif