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Samuel J. Seymour
Last surviving witness of Abraham Lincoln's assassination (1860-1956)
Samuel James Seymour (March 28, 1860 – April 12, 1956) was an American man who claimed to be the last surviving person to witness the assassination of U.S.
PresidentAbraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. He is also best known for possibly being the oldest person to appear on television at the time, in the program I've Got a Secret on February 9, 1956 (63 days before his death).
Personal life
Seymour was from Talbot County, Maryland. His parents, George and Susan Seymour, had a farm near Easton, Maryland. He later lived in Arlington, Virginia.
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He worked as a carpenter and contractor, and lived most of his later life in Baltimore. He married Mary Rebecca Twilley.[1] He died April 12, 1956, at the home of his daughter in Arlington, survived by five children, thirteen grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
He was buried at Baltimore's Loudon Park Cemetery.