Finis L. Bates
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1848 – 1923
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Who was Finis L. Bates?
Finis Langdon Bates was a Memphis, Tennessee, lawyer and author of The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth. In this 309-page book, Bates claimed that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, was not killed by Union Army Soldiers on April 26, 1865, but successfully eluded capture altogether, and lived for many years thereafter under a series of assumed names, notably John St. Helen and David E. George.
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- Born
- Aug 22, 1848
Itawamba County - Also known as
- Finis Bates
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- Nationality
- United States of America
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- Lived in
- Memphis
- Died
- Nov 29, 1923
Memphis
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on July 23, 2013
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