Booth, Junius Brutus, 1868-1912

Junius Brutus Booth (1868-1912) was eldest son of a former manager of the Boston Theatre, also named Junius Brutus Booth, and of Agnes (Perry) Booth, in her later life married to John B. Schoeffel. He was the grandson of Junius Brutus Booth, who was born in England and was a contemporary of Edmund Kean. The youngest Junius Booth was an actor as well, and attended medical school. He was married to Florence Noah Booth in 1894, and they resided in England for much of their marriage, until Booth killed his wife and then died by suicide on December 6, 1912.