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Was William Booth founder of the Salvation Army related to John Wilkes Booth?

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Was William Booth founder of the Salvation Army related to John Wilkes Booth?

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There is no evidence to suggest there was any close or distant family connection between William Booth and John Wilkes Booth. The founder of the Salvation Army was born on 10 April 1829 in Sneinton, Nottingham, England. The assassin of President Lincoln was born in 1839 in America.