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.
Died	October 6, 1936(1936-10-06) (aged 82–83) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

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

• The Heart of Maryland (1915)
• Nurse Marjorie (1920)
• Homer Comes Home (1920)
• The Jailbird (1920)
• Pinto (1920)
• The Little Minister (1921)(*Betty Compson version)
• In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922)
• Oliver Twist (1922)
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

See also

• Samuel J. Seymour, another witness to the assassination

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.

External links

• Joseph Hazelton on IMDb
• Joseph Hazelton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Joseph Hazelton at Find a Grave
• Joseph Hazleton recalls witnessing Lincoln assassination as a boy
• audio recording of Hazelton recalling the Lincoln assassination