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  2. Oct 5, 2017 · Booth forgot about the letter and the incident until the night of the assassination. For, while a Booth had taken a Lincoln life, it revealed that another Booth had saved one. The young man had been Robert Todd Lincoln — the President’s son.

  3. Robert Todd Lincoln died in his sleep at Hildene, his Vermont home, on July 26, 1926, at age 82. The cause of death was given by his physician as a " cerebral hemorrhage induced by arteriosclerosis ".

  4. Dec 24, 2022 · Few know that the brother of the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was responsible for saving the president's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, from a near-death experience. Robert's rescuer was...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edwin_BoothEdwin Booth - Wikipedia

    Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son, [15] Robert Todd Lincoln, from serious injury or even death. The incident occurred on a train platform in Jersey City, New Jersey. The exact date of the incident is uncertain, but it is believed to have taken place in late 1864 or early 1865.

  6. While John Wilkes Booth murdered President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC, his brother Edwin Booth saved Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s son, months earlier. Portrait of American actor Edwin Booth. 1886

  7. Dec 26, 2023 · How Edwin Booth Saved The Life Of Lincoln’s Son. Just a few months before his brother would assassinate Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Booth had a run-in with another Lincoln, the president’s son Robert. In late 1864 or early 1865, he saved Robert’s life after he nearly fell onto a train track in New Jersey.

  8. Jan 23, 2017 · Robert Lincoln was the only surviving son of Abraham Lincoln. Booth’s heroic act, along with the president’s assassination, certainly changed the course of U.S. history. Strangely enough, Robert has been an eyewitness when President James Abram Garfield was assassinated in 1881.