Comments on: Just who is Everton J. Conger…

By: Sim Fernandes

Sim Fernandes — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:00 +0000

This is for Barbara Street Ray. The Uncle Chauncy she met was my Grandfather.
He was Chauncy Stewart Conger, Jr. Evrton was Chauncy Stewart Conger, Sr’s Brother. I met my Cousin Barbara that same Summer. I have extensive genealogical information on the Congers, if you would provide her with my E-Mail I would be happy to share.

Thanks,

Sim

By: Marion

Marion — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:21:27 +0000

Hi,
Did you ever finish your book? I ask because I am a descendant of Everton Conger and would be interested in reading some more.

By: Barbara Street Ray

Barbara Street Ray — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:05:37 +0000

I met my “Uncle Chauncey” in Carmi, Ill. in the 50s. He was the brother of my favorite grandmother Eleanor Conger Street, who told me that she’d been told that some residents of Carmi disapproved of Lincoln “because he spat.” I knew that I was somehow related to ‘the guy who caught Booth,’ but am wondering if I am missing a generation, if my Chauncey was Everton’s brother or the brother’s son. Is there a record of the females in the family?

By: | LincolnStudies.com

| LincolnStudies.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:54:34 +0000

[...] books on Lincoln’s Assassination You Should Have” come to mind, as do his posts on Everton J. Conger (later life), one of the folks responsible for capturing Lincoln’s [...]

By: Rob Wick

Rob Wick — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:59:29 +0000

Randal,

I guess I need to better define what I consider to be an “academic historian”. To me, it is someone who has an advanced degree in history and, generally, is a professor of history at a university or college, although someone who works at a national park or library would certainly qualify as a historian, albeit not academic. I’m afraid I can’t agree with you on Neff or Roscoe. While Neff was an academic, it wasn’t in history and most of his theories have been refuted (and I might add, in my opinion, successfully) by Ed Steers among others. Roscoe was a disciple of Otto Eisenschiml and while he wrote some history on World War II, his book on the assassination is just as unreliable as Eisenschiml’s.

Thanks for your comments
Best
Rob

By: Randal Berry

Randal Berry — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:12:27 +0000

Rob,
Thanks for the reply.
I think I could add Ray Neff, John Rhodehamel, and Theodore Roscoe to the list of “academic historians” who have written about the assassination. Perhaps there are more, I would have to look into it.
Neff, a professor, Rhodehamel, a “historian” along with Roscoe also.

Randal Berry

By: Rob Wick

Rob Wick — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:33:15 +0000

Randal,
To my knowledge, there are only three books written by academics on the assassination. They are “The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies” by William Hanchett, which is really more a bibliographical study of the assassination; “Beware the People Weeping” by Thomas Reed Turner, which studies reaction of the public to Lincoln’s assassination and a short book by Turner called “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln”. That’s it. Most of the books on the assassination have been written by people outside the academic field of history. Not to say that it makes them all bad books, but even Randall said that his biography “knows only the living Lincoln.” Look at the two best books out today on the assassination. Neither Ed Steers nor Mike Kauffman are professors, although Ed holds an advanced degree in molecular genetics. Academics have given short shrift to the study of Lincoln’s murder, which helped to bring about the insane theory proffered by Otto Eisenschiml that Stanton was behind Lincoln’s murder.

Glad you enjoyed the post.

Best
Rob

By: Randal Berry

Randal Berry — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:32:00 +0000

While re-reading this, I find it more fasinating.

Randal Berry

By: Randal Berry

Randal Berry — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:36:01 +0000

Rob,
That was a very interesting “starter” course for me on Conger.
I have never read that much information on him in any assassination book.
However, curious as to the statement of “academic historians haved failed of telling the story of Lincolns murder?”
Can you elaborate on that for me?

Thanks,

Randal Berry