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Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret
I've Got a Secret ^ | 3/11/16 | Gary Moore

Posted on 09/05/2022 7:13:12 AM PDT by ToxicMasculinity

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've Got a Secret game show. Mr. Seymour (March 28, 1860 – April 12, 1956) was actually 95 years of age at the time of this appearance instead of 96.

Host: Garry Moore Panelists from left to right: Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, Lucile Ball

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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abrahamlincoln; billcullen; fordstheater; fordtheater; garrymoore; godsgravesglyphs; greatestpresident; henrymorgan; ivegotasecret; jaynemeadows; johnwilkesbooth; jwboothe; lincoln; lucileball; samuelseymour
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To: PGR88

Wow. Talk about outside confirmation.


21 posted on 09/05/2022 8:51:39 AM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: ToxicMasculinity

President John Tyler (1790 - 1862) , 10 th president of US, who succeeded to the office in1841 when William Henry Harrison died only a month into his term

Tyler remarried in the 1850 and had children by this marriage

His children remarried in the 1920’s and had children from this marriage aka Tyler’s Grandchildren born in the 1920’s almost a 150 years after their grandfather birth

one is still alive in 2022

https://www.thefocus.news/culture/john-tyler-grandson-still-alive/


22 posted on 09/05/2022 9:57:27 AM PDT by njslim
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I’m disappointed. I was hoping he’d be named Tippecanoe N. Tyler III.


23 posted on 09/05/2022 10:00:18 AM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: njslim

Fifty years ago, I dated a lady who was descended from John Tyler on her mother’s side and Meriwether Lewis on her father’s side.


24 posted on 09/05/2022 10:00:41 AM PDT by Publius
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To: mairdie

The last widow of a confederate soldier died just two years ago.

Helen Viola Jackson (August 3, 1919 – December 16, 2020) was the last surviving widow of a Union soldier and the last surviving widow of a Civil War veteran overall; she died on December 16, 2020, at the age of 101.


25 posted on 09/05/2022 10:49:39 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I remember when the death of her husband was in the paper. The Civil War was still talked about when I was young.


26 posted on 09/05/2022 10:53:01 AM PDT by mairdie (Nite Before Xmas - Henry Livingston - CBS Early Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaoG0FKJ60)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Sorry. I missed “union”. I remember reading about the death of the last Confederate soldier, leaving an extremely young widow.


27 posted on 09/05/2022 11:00:35 AM PDT by mairdie (Nite Before Xmas - Henry Livingston - CBS Early Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaoG0FKJ60)
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To: mairdie

same here, but my relatives called it the war of Northern Aggression.


28 posted on 09/05/2022 2:49:17 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: ToxicMasculinity

Did he like the Play?


29 posted on 09/05/2022 2:52:54 PM PDT by Radix
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To: Radix

Our American Cousin sounds a bit above the head of a six-year-old. But let’s see for ourselves.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3158/3158-h/3158-h.htm


30 posted on 09/05/2022 2:55:43 PM PDT by ToxicMasculinity ("Free country"? Good morning, Rip.)
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To: Jim W N

I think there’s one left, but President Tyler’s grandson is still alive. Tyler was president in 1841. I believe it was within the last 10-20 years that the last Civil War spouse passed away.


31 posted on 09/05/2022 7:18:30 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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