Immediate Family: Son of Jacob Surratt and Sarah Talbert. Did Tecumsehs Curse Kill Seven US Presidents? He was, then, in and out of the Surratt home, day and night. The undersigned most earnestly and respectfully addresses Your Excellency on a matter which has been for more than three years to her a source of great affliction. A Miscarriage of Justice? The Trial of Mary Surratt The original of this photo is just the tip of the iceberg. Her history lies here in Clinton, Maryland. The 2023 Surratt Society Meeting & Conference! [2], Despite his apparent sympathies for the Confederacy as indicated by his support of Breckinridge (who became a general in the Confederate Army) and his letter to Davis, Aiken served in the Union Army during the Civil War, but like his birth records, his war service also remains largely unknown, other than the fact that he had earned the rank of colonel by war's end. This image depicts the jurors who convicted Mary Surratt of being a conspirator in the plot that led to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Arrested, tried, and convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, Surratt was the first female executed by the United States federal government in its history. Geni requires JavaScript! Since MS converted to Catholicism (Id love to know that date), I suggest this may have been taken upon her conversion or when receiving a sacrament such as First Communion. Official photograph of the hanging of Mary Surratt, Lewis Payne, David Herold and Georg Atzerodt on July 7, 1865, convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President Lincoln. Mary Surratt's grave site. Heres that article that I told you about. She fondly hopes that Your Excellency will not allow your authority in the premises to expire without granting this request, prompted only by filial love and devotion to the memory of her dear Mother. Also, it appears that there were several sets of rosary beads that belonged to Mrs. Surratt which is no surprise since they were frequently given as birthday gifts, First Communion gifts, etc. The New York Times reported that Aiken was arrested in June 1866 when he cashed a check with a merchant but did not have the funds to cover the amount. In 1865, the military tribunal trying the conspirators of Lincoln's assassination heard testimony from residents at the boarding house that Surratt had regularly met with John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln conspirators at the house. Play Tribute Movie LINDEN, TexasMary Delores Surratt, 85, of Linden died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017, after an illness. Mary left the school when she was fifteen and was married at the age of 17. Wife of John Harrison Surratt Mary Surratt always claimed to be innocent. Her eyes show confidence and perhaps a hint of condescension as if she were telling the world I know what I am doing, I know that I am right, let the future generations judge me as they will. A copy sent to the War Historians disagree, but most agree that the military tribunal that tried Mary Surratt and three others had less stringent rules of evidence than a regular criminal court would have had. It was not until several months after John Wilkes Booth had decided to kidnap the President, that Mrs. Surratt embarked on murder. I confess to having a prejudice against Mary Surratt, convinced as I am of her guilt, but let me say anyway that I see nothing in these photos to suggest innocence.