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As a member of the illustrious [[Booth family]] of actors, Junius Brutus Booth Jr. was overshadowed by his father [[Junius Brutus Booth|Junius Sr.]] and brothers [[Edwin Booth|Edwin]] and [[John Wilkes Booth|John Wilkes]] (the [[Assassination|assassin]] of [[Abraham Lincoln]]) and later by his wife [[Agnes Booth|Agnes]], a successful actress.
Booth was married three times:<ref name="Pope1897" /><ref name="Wakeling1977" /> first briefly to Clementina DeBar, sister of [[comedian]] and theatrical manager [[Ben DeBar]]; the had a daughter Blanche Booth. Afterwards, he married actress Harriet M Mace, (1833-1859) who performed first in Boston with Junius, then both Mr and Mrs Booth entered San Francisco on 21 July 1851 on the Steamer Tennessee from Panama with three others from their troupe to perform at the newly Pacific Theatre as announced on 20 August 1851 in Sacramento. Later in August 1859 Mrs Harriet Booth
▲Booth, then both Mr and Mrs Booth entered San Francisco on 21 July 1851 on the Steamer Tennessee from Panama with three others from their troupe to perform at the newly Pacific Theatre as announced on 20 August 1851 in Sacramento. Later in August 1859 Mrs Harriet Booth would [[Death|pass on]] [[Childbirth|giving birth]] to a [[daughter]], Marion Rosalie Edwina (1859–1932); and finally, upon returning East in 1867 and becoming manager of the [[The Boston Theatre|Boston Theatre]], to Agnes Perry (née Rookes), who thereafter was known professionally as Agnes Booth. Junius and Agnes had four children together: Junius Brutus III (1868–1912), Algernon (1869–1877), Sydney Barton (1873–1937), and Barton J. (1874–1879). Only two survived to [[adult]]hood, and of those two, Junius Brutus III died by [[suicide]] in 1912.<ref name="Wakeling1977" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2014 |title=Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. Pictures |url=https://lincolnconspirators.com/picture-galleries/booth-family/jbb-jr/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=LincolnConspirators.com |language=en}}</ref>
Booth managed the Boston Theatre, [[Walnut Street Theatre]], [[Winter Garden Theatre (1850)|Winter Garden Theatre]], and [[Booth's Theatre]], where his brother Edwin was the star attraction. Though a relatively undistinguished actor, Junius Jr. was highly regarded for his performances as [[The Life and Death of King John|King John]] and as [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]] in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]].'' In 1864 he performed ''Julius Caesar'' alongside his brothers Edwin (as [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]]) and John Wilkes (as [[Mark Antony]]).<ref name="CambridgeGuide" />
[[File:J.B. Booth, Jr - NARA - 525575.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Booth in the early 1860s]]
Junius Brutus Booth Jr. himself was briefly
Booth retired in 1881 to Masconomo House in [[Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts]], where he died on September 17, 1883.<ref name="Palmquist2000" /> He was [[Burial|buried]] in Manchester's Rosedale Cemetery.<ref name="Palmquist2000" /> Although Agnes Booth remarried in 1885, she continued performing under the Booth name, and was buried next to him when she died in 1910.
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