 On April 14, 1865, when he was five years old, Sarah Cook, his nurse along with Mrs. Goldsborough who was Seymour's godmother (the wife of his father's employer) took him to see "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., where they sat in the balcony across the theater from the presidential box.He saw Lincoln come into the box, waving and smiling.Later, "All of a sudden a shot rang out... and someone in the President's box screamed.