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Also Known As Mary Elizabeth Jenkins • Mary Elizabeth Surratt
Born May 1823 or June 1823 • Maryland
Died July 7, 1865 (aged 42) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Role In assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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