Ward hill lamon biography


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    Ward Hill Lamon

    Bodyguard of President of the United States Abraham Lincoln

    Ward Hill Lamon (January 6, 1828 – May 7, 1893) was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S.

    PresidentAbraham Lincoln. Lamon was famously absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, having been sent by Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia.

    Background

    Lamon's family name was spelled by some relatives with an "e" and by others with an "a", and was pronounced as "lemon" regardless of spelling.[2] Lamon's relationship with Lincoln has been traced by Clint Clay Tilton in Lincoln and Lamon.

    Lamon was born near Winchester, Virginia, studied medicine for two years, and moved to Danville, Illinois, when he was 19 to live with relatives.[3] He attended the University of Louisville to receive his law degree and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1851.[4] In 1850, he moved back to Virginia, married Angelina Turner, and then returned to