Background
Asia was named for the continent where her father thought the Garden of Eden had been located.
Asia was named for the continent where her father thought the Garden of Eden had been located.
Her famous brothers were Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. The couple had eight children, two of whom, Creston and Wilfred, became actors. Asia became the poet and writer in the family, and through her work, some insight was gained into the lives of the Booths, particularly John Wilkes.
He had been imprisoned and forced to testify at the Lincoln assassination co-conspirators" trials, because of his family connection.
The memoir was published in 1938, by G.P. Putnam"s Sons, when her heirs felt the public would be receptive. The book was re-edited and republished in 1996 as John Wilkes Booth: A Sister"s Memoir.
Asia Booth Clarke is buried in the Booth family plot at Greenmount Cemetery, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her brother, John Wilkes Booth, is also buried in the family plot, but separately, with an unmarked headstone.
The Unlocked Book: John Wilkes Booth, a Sister"s Memoir
Booth, The Elder and the Younger
Passages, Incidents, and Anecdotes in the Life of Junius Brutus Booth, (The Elder) - Booth Memorials, Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1866.