American History: Lincoln Assassination

Information about the assassination of Lincoln, with a list of some of the participants and links to their families.

Pic	Name	Birth	Death	Birthplace
Also a target
	Frederick William Seward	8 JUL 1830	25 APR 1915	NY, Cayuga Co, Auburn
	William H. Seward	16 MAY 1801	10 OCT 1872	NY, Montgomery Co, Florida
Assassinated
	President Abraham "Abe" Lincoln	12 FEB 1809	15 APR 1865	KY, Larue Co, Hodgenville Sinking Springs Farm
Bodyguard, though absent at assassination
	Ward Hill Lamon	6 JAN 1828	7 MAY 1893	VA, Fredericksburg
Conspirator
	John Wilkes Booth	10 MAY 1838	26 APR 1865	MD, Harford Co, Bel Air
	Mary Elizabeth Jenkins	abt 1820	7 JUL 1865	MD, Prince Georges Co
	John Harrison Surratt	13 APR 1844	2 APR 1916	MD, Prince Georges Co
Doctor attending Lincoln
	Major General Joseph K. Barnes	21 JUL 1817	5 APR 1883	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
	Charles Sabin Taft	AUG 1835	18 DEC 1900	NY, Wayne Co, Lyons
Lincoln's wife
	First Lady Mary Todd	13 DEC 1818	16 JUL 1882	KY, Fayette Co, Lexington
Owner of livery stable where Booth hired a horse
	James W. Pumphrey	12 SEP 1832	16 MAR 1906	DC, Washington
Present
	Edwin M. Stanton	19 DEC 1814	24 DEC 1869	OH, Jefferson Co, Steubenville
Present at Lincoln's Death
	John Milton Hay	8 OCT 1838	1 JUL 1905	IN, Washington Co, Salem
Suspected of aiding Booth escape
	John Tayloe VI	11 NOV 1842	16 MAR 1894	DC, Washington
Testified at the conspiracy trial
	Samuel A. H. McKim	17 APR 1826	26 JUL 1900	MA, Middlesex Co, Charlestown
Trial Attorney
	Frederick Argyle Aiken	20 SEP 1832	23 DEC 1878	MA, Middlesex Co, Lowell
	Joseph Holt	6 JAN 1807	1 AUG 1894	KY, Breckinridge Co
	Reverdy Johnson	21 MAY 1796	10 FEB 1876	MD, Anne Arundel Co, Annapolis
	Richard T. Merrick	1827	23 JUN 1885	MD
	Edwards Pierrepont	4 MAR 1813	6 MAR 1892	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven
Witness
	Col. William Little Vance	26 NOV 1815	13 NOV 1888	TN, Montgomery Co