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On the day of his execution, December 2, [207] Brown read his Bible and wrote a final letter to his wife, which included the will he had written the previous day, [208] [206] [209] as large meetings were held in many cities in the Northeast. In many of the cases, "Negroes were the chief actors in creating excitement".
Murdered in Fayette County, West Virginia Joseph Davis Hatfield Joe 1883–1963 Son Republican sheriff of Logan County, West Virginia Rosada Lee Hatfield Browning Rosie 1885–1965 Daughter Emmanuel Willis Wilson Hatfield Willis 1888–1978 Son Killed Dr. Thornhill in Mullens, West Virginia [citation needed] Tennyson Samuel Hatfield Tennis
John Vincent Hurt was born on 22 January 1940, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, [9] [10] the son of Phyllis (née Massey; 1907–1975), an engineer and one-time actress, and Arnold Herbert Hurt (1904–1999), a mathematician who became a Church of England clergyman and served as vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
John Patrick Daly (born April 28, 1966) [4] is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee (earning him the nickname "Long John"), his non-country-club appearance and attitude, his exceptionally long backswing, the inconsistency of his play (with exceptional performances and controversial incidents), and ...
Various tribes each held some individual powers locally, and each had a chief known as a weroance (male) or, more rarely, a weroansqua (female), meaning "commander". [13]As early as the era of John Smith, the individual tribes of this grouping were recognized by English colonists as falling under the greater authority of the centralized power led by the chiefdom of Powhatan (c. 1545 – c ...
Fish in the 1870 United States census July 29, 1889 mugshot of 19-year-old Fish after an arrest for forgery. Albert Fish was born Hamilton Howard Fish in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1870, to Randall Fish (1795–1875) and Ellen Francis Howell (1838–1903). [7]
Proctor was born in Suffolk, England, [1] [2] to John Proctor (1594–1672) and Martha Harper (1607–1667). [1] [3] When he was just three years old, his parents brought their family to America.
From 1899 to 1959, ninety-four men were executed at the prison. Hanging was the method of execution until 1949, with eighty-five men meeting that fate. Hangings were public until June 19, 1931. On that date, Frank Hyer was executed for murdering his wife.