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George A. Parkhurst (March 18, 1841 – July 2, 1890) was an American stage actor who was one of the last surviving members of the company of actors present on the night of April 14, 1865, when John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during their performance of Our American Cousin.
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Mr. Parkhurst died on July 2, 1890, at the age of forty-nine, after suffering a stroke at his New York residence. He was survived by his second wife Clara (née Morell; 1865–1913). Katherine "Kate" Parkhurst (1845–1881), his first wife, was the mother of his three children of which two, Benjamin and Bianca, survived to adulthood.
Parkhurst was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Parkhurst
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George A. Parkhurst (March 18, 1841 – July 2, 1890) was an American stage actor who was one of the last surviving members of the company of actors present on the night of April 14, 1865, when John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during their performance of Our American Cousin.
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Mr. Parkhurst died on July 2, 1890, at the age of forty-nine, after suffering a stroke at his New York residence. He was survived by his second wife Clara (née Morell; 1865–1913). Katherine "Kate" Parkhurst (1845–1881), his first wife, was the mother of his three children of which two, Benjamin and Bianca, survived to adulthood.
Parkhurst was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Parkhurst
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