Joseph Hazelton

Joseph H. Hazelton (ca. 1853 – October 8, 1936), aka Joseph Hazleton, was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1922. As a boy program giver at Ford's Theatre, he witnessed the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.

Joseph Hazelton
Born
Joseph H. Hazelton

1853
Wilmington, Essex County, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 6, 1936(1936-10-06) (aged 82–83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor

In 1933, Hazelton gave a lecture at May Company Exposition Hall in Los Angeles and talked about watching Booth shoot Lincoln.[1] An article in Good Housekeeping in its February 1927 edition, titled "This Man Saw Lincoln Shot," was the basis for a leaflet that Hazleton released to raise funds later in his life.[2]

Hazelton died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography
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See also

References
  1. "Listen to a Rare Recording of an Eyewitness Account of Lincoln's Assassination". Hyperallergic Media. May 3, 2017.
  2. Joseph H. Hazelton. "The assassination of President Lincoln / - The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection". www.lincolncollection.org.



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