Ogarita Booth Henderson [SEP] cause of death
12, 1892, Ogarita Booth Henderson died from pneumonia at age 32 while on the road with Floy Crowell's Dramatic Company in Binghamton, New York. She was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Binghamton.
Sources.
- "This One Mad Act", 1937, by Izola Forrester
- "The Elusive Booths of Burrillville", 1991, by Patrichia Mehrtens and Joyce Knibb
External links.
- Izola L. Forrester Papers, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Contains a collection of letters written by
Ogarita Booth Henderson
Ogarita Booth Henderson (born Ogarita Elizabeth Bellows; October 23, 1859 – April 12, 1892) was an American stage actress. Henderson maintained that she was the daughter of actor John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865.
Early life.
Ogarita was the daughter of Martha Lizola Mills (1837–1887), with her birth certificate listing Martha's husband, the mariner Charles Still Bellows, as her father. Martha would later claim it was Lincoln's assassin, the actor John