Our Family's Journey Through Time

Crimes and Consequences

Murders, Executions, and other Homicides

ALLEN, Martha Ingalls
        Birth:   19 Aug 1650 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
        Death:   19 Aug 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Hanged
        Cause of Death:   Executed for Witchcraft

ARNETT, James H
        Birth:   Abt. 1832 Kentucky
        Death:   13 Apr 1891 Vienna, Johnson, Illinois; Gunshot wound
        Cause of Death:   Homicide, allegedly by Ed Stanley and Burb Stanley. Ed was acquitted and Burb was declared insane and brought to the Anna asylum

BLAND, Leamon Washington
        Birth:   25 Apr 1895 Trigg County, Kentucky
        Death:   02 Nov 1946 Caldwell County, Kentucky
        Cause of Death:   Homicide - by Hit and Run Driver

BOATRIGHT, James M 'John'
        Birth:   18 Mar 1857 Missouri
        Death:   04 Jul 1907 Mill Spring, Wayne, Missouri; at a 4th of July celebration
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Charley McAfee

BORLAND, James D Jr
        Birth:   Abt. 1931
        Death:   Aft. May 1981 San Jose, Costa Rica; Disappeared
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Apparent victim of kidnapping and murder

BRANSON, Galba Edwards
        Birth:   14 May 1841 Gasconade County, Missouri
        Death:   04 Jul 1889 Kirbyville, Taney, Missouri; Shot at a 4th of July Picnic
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by William and James Miles

BRAXTON, Sadie
        Birth:   25 Jul 1909 Florida
        Death:   16 Sep 1973 Jackson County, Florida; Myra killed her mother, Sadie, and then herself
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murder/Suicide

CATHEY, McCurdy Nathan 'Curd'
        Birth:   23 May 1893 California
        Death:   06 Jan 1939 Mercy Hospital, Merced, Merced, California; Killed at Golden State Creamery Plant
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Joe Hanson

COBB, Brandon France
        Birth:   02 Dec 1897 Rose Hill, Montgomery, Tennessee
        Death:   16 Jan 1934 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shotgun wound to the head by Gordon Edwards

COBB, Pinkney Leander
        Birth:   02 Sep 1854 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death:   10 Mar 1931 Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered during robbery at his home

COLLIER, Gary Garlan
        Birth:   16 Jun 1947 Altadena, Los Angeles, California
        Death:   23 Oct 1983 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Beaten at a Club

COLLINS, Benjamin Heath Sr
        Birth:   Abt. 1820 Virginia
        Death:   1889 Bowlan Township, Shannon, Missouri; Shot during robbery in his home
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Parsons

DILLION, Benjamin Franklin
        Birth:   10 Mar 1827 Virginia
        Death:   16 Apr 1902 De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas; Benjamin Franklin Dillion was shot and killed by his brother-in-law Henry Hill. His son Walter Dillion then shot and killed Henry Hill
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Henry Hill

DISTELHURST, Dorothy Ann
        Birth:   13 Jan 1928 Georgia
        Death:   1934 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide - Kidnapped and murdered at age six

DONELSON, Colenel Colonel John
        Birth:   07 Apr 1718 Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland
        Death:   17 Nov 1785 Barren County, Kentucky; Mysteriously killed on the trail between Kentucky and Nashville
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot by unknown person

DOYLE, Ralph Joseph
        Birth:   Abt. 1910 Cook County, Illinois
        Death:   26 Oct 1957 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Stabbed by Luther Lloyd

GARCIA, Anne Mae
        Birth:   30 Oct 1977 Sweetwater County, Wyoming
        Death:   30 Nov 2019 Casper, Natrona, Wyoming
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Rodney Smith

GLORE, John Hennen
        Birth:   19 Dec 1881 Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri
        Death:   06 Jun 1928 De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri; Gunshot wound of face
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shotgun wound to face by Ella

GRIBBLE, Horace Marion Claudie
        Birth:   25 Nov 1879 De Kalb County, Tennessee
        Death:   02 Sep 1911 Tahoka, Lynn, Texas
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: in Race Riot

HARDING, Joseph F
        Birth:   15 Aug 1878 Hannover, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
        Death:   19 Apr 1916 St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri
        Cause of Death:   Homicide (Murder) Shot by Joseph Steffens

HARRISON, Jack Reuben
        Birth:   Abt. 1820 Tennessee
        Death:   19 Apr 1856 Stewart County, Tennessee; Murdered by Gip Carney
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Gip Carney

HEFLIN, Lula
        Birth:   Feb 1882 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death:   1937 Christian County, Kentucky; Lula and Lee McNichols shot by son-in-law, Dr. HE Martin
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot by Son-in-Law

HILL, Henry B
        Birth:   Abt. 1849 Arkansas
        Death:   13 Apr 1902 De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas; Shot by Walter Dillon
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: shot by Walter Dillon after Henry murdered his brother-in-law, Walter's father, Benjamin Franklin Dillon

HOLLIDAY, Leland Ross
        Birth:   18 Dec 1910 Clinton County, Indiana
        Death:   16 Mar 1950 Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana; Age: 39
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot in the neck by Debby Harrell

HOOPER, Lewis E
        Birth:   18 Mar 1922 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death:   09 Mar 1950 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide - Shot by Raymond Hooper

JENKINS, Carl David
        Birth:   03 Jan 1955
        Death:   22 Dec 1977 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot in Bar Brawl

LACEY, Katharn
        Birth:   1604 Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England
        Death:   1636 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Drowned proving her innocence of witchcraft
        Cause of Death:   Executed for Witchcraft

LACYE, Mary
        Birth:   Jun 1614 St Bride, London, England
        Death:   1635 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Drowned proving her innocence of witchcraft
        Cause of Death:   Executed for Witchcraft

LOVE, Mary Etta
        Birth:   Abt. 1907 Arkansas
        Death:   08 Aug 1926 Arkansas; Poisoned by her husband
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Earl Methvin (Poisoned)

MADISON, Ambrose
        Birth:   17 Jan 1696 King and Queen County, Virginia
        Death:   27 Aug 1732 Piedmont, Rappahannock, Virginia; Montpelier Plantation
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murder by poisoning - Three slaves were convicted

MAYES, Thomas Henry
        Birth:   Abt. 1882 St Francois County, Missouri
        Death:   24 May 1904 St Francois County, Missouri; Killed by shotgun as he walked along the road
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Anderson and Elmer Huff

MCNICHOLS, Lee Grant
        Birth:   01 Sep 1879 Stewart County, Tennessee
        Death:   21 Nov 1937 Christian County, Kentucky; Lula and Lee McNichols shot by son-in-law, Dr. HE Martin
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot by Son-in-Law

MICKLE, Lowell Emrey
        Birth:   22 Jul 1923 Montgomery County, Tennessee
        Death:   12 Mar 1994 Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
        Cause of Death:   Homicide - Murdered in his bar

MILLER, George Everett
        Birth:   22 Feb 1895 Gold Hill, Storey, Nevada
        Death:   17 Sep 1954 Nevada State Prison, Carson City, Independent Cities, Nevada; (State Prison Guard killed during a excape attempt of three inmates at the Nevada State prison. )
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by three inmates during prison escape attempt

MOODY, Karen Lee
        Birth:   07 May 1966 Arkansas
        Death:   10 Apr 1967 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: (Murdered) Judith and daughters Rebecca and Karen were shot to death in their home, presumably by Edward Tribble

MOODY, Rebecca Ann
        Birth:   18 Jul 1963 Arkansas
        Death:   10 Apr 1967 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: (Murdered) Judith and daughters Rebecca and Karen were shot to death in their home, presumably by Edward Tribble

NORTH, Susannah
        Birth:   Bef. 30 Sep 1621 Olney, Buckinghamshire, England
        Death:   19 Jul 1692 Massachusetts; Hanged for witchcraft in Salem Village
        Cause of Death:   Executed for Witchcraft

OLDHAM, Goodman
        Birth:   20 Sep 1789 Madison County, Kentucky
        Death:   05 Apr 1835 Keytesville, Chariton, Missouri
        Cause of Death:   Homicide - Murdered by Mordecai Lane over a land deal

POLITO, Nicholas Anthony 'Nick'
        Birth:   17 Sep 1927 St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri
        Death:   24 Aug 1982 Sappington, St Louis County, Missouri
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: (Murdered) Shot while he slept by his son

PULLIAM, Calvin William
        Birth:   04 Jul 1862 Missouri
        Death:   14 Mar 1913 Grandin, Carter, Missouri; Homicide by Firearm
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Oscar Marley

RALEIGH, Knight Sir Walter
        Birth:   22 Jan 1552 Devon, England
        Death:   29 Oct 1618 London, England; Killed after he returned to England to appease Spain for ransacking a Spanish outpost in his search for El Dorado
        Cause of Death:   Executed by beheading for treason

RAY, John David
        Birth:   14 May 1966 Fort Benning, Chattahoochee, Georgia
        Death:   19 Sep 1993 Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina; Food Lion store
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered during Grocery Store Robbery

RICE, Marion
        Birth:   05 Aug 1894 Illinois
        Death:   05 Nov 1932 Ironton Hospital, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio; Shotgunned in a hunting accident
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Accidental Shooting by Brother

SANDERSON, Signora Genelle
        Birth:   18 Mar 1937 Montgomery County, Tennessee
        Death:   02 Oct 1967 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee; Shot at Ringgold Elementary School
        Cause of Death:   Homicide - Murdered by husband, Winston

SIMMS, Joel Byron 'Joe'
        Birth:   Abt. 1873
        Death:   25 Dec 1911 Exchange Hotel, Waco, McLennan, Texas
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot by Hattie Simms in self-defense

SIRCLUM, Michael Todd
        Birth:   07 Jun 1974
        Death:   28 Dec 2011 Bismarck, St Francois, Missouri; Murdered by Tanya's cousin, Jason Roberts
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Jason Roberts

SIZEMORE, Edward 'Tory Ned'
        Birth:   1725 Hanover County, Virginia
        Death:   1780 Wilkes County, North Carolina; According to legend, Edward "Ned" Sizemore was hung by Benjamin Cleveland in a corn field near Wilkesboro NC
        Cause of Death:   Executed following the Battle of Kings Mountain

SKAGGS, John Preston
        Birth:   24 Oct 1941 Missouri
        Death:   09 Aug 1969 St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri; Gunshot wound
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by Michael Guill

SOLART, Sarah
        Birth:   11 Jul 1653 Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
        Death:   19 Jul 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Sarah Solart Good "Hanged" for witchcraft
        Cause of Death:   Executed for Witchcraft

SYLVESTER, Judith Ann
        Birth:   14 Nov 1942 Arkansas
        Death:   10 Apr 1967 Lonoke County, Arkansas
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: (Murder) Judith and daughters Rebecca and Karen were shot to death in their home, presumably by Edward Tribble

TOWNSEND, William
        Birth:   30 Mar 1777
        Death:   30 Oct 1838 Selma, Dallas, Alabama
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Shot by one of his slaves

TWOMEY, Barbara Jo 'BJ'
        Birth:   29 Dec 1955 Ironton, Iron, Missouri
        Death:   30 Mar 2009 Elko, Elko, Nevada
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Froze to death while locked out of the family home

TWOMEY, Myra Ann
        Birth:   03 Aug 1941 Florida
        Death:   16 Sep 1973 Jackson County, Florida; Myra killed her mother, Sadie, and then herself
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murder/Suicide

TWOMEY, Roselle N
        Birth:   10 Dec 1867 Texas; (Evan's twin)
        Death:   Jun 1902 Waco, McLennan, Texas; Shot by RE Gorman
        Cause of Death:   Homicide: Murdered by R E Gorman

WILCOX, John
        Birth:   1782 Amherst County, Virginia
        Death:   07 Oct 1842 Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky; Hung for murdering a neighbor's son, James Rogers. Some say he was framed.
        Cause of Death:   Executed for murder

Trials and Punishments

ANTONELLI, George Augustus
Trial: Oct 1946 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts;
Sentenced to 4 to 7 years for armed robbery

BLINER, Horace Alfred
Trial: Dec 1981 Washington;
Sentenced to one-year in jail for negligent homicide

CHESTER, Tandy Lyle
Trial: May 1956 Montgomery County, Tennessee;
Convicted of driving on revoked license, reckless driving, resisting arrest, and assault. Sentenced to $200 fine and 15 days on County workgang.
Trial: 10 Jun 1981 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee;
Charged with parading without a permit

CLOW, Frank Salathiel
Trial: 14 Jan 1878 Mariposa County, California;
Convicted of 1st degree murder of David Paterson and sentenced to life imprisonment

DAWES, Charles Watson
Trial: 30 Apr 1919 Hancock County, Maine;
Pleaded guilty to breaking, entering, and larceny

DUNNING, William Hooke
Trial: Jan 1883 Mariposa County, California;
W H Dunning found guilty of murder in the second degree

HARRELL, Deborah H 'Debby'
Trial: May 1950 Clinton County, Indiana;
Convicted of Manslaughter for Shooting Leland Ross Holliday

HOWELL, Winston Rudolph 'Bobby'
Trial: Mar 1968 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee;
Convicted of murdering his wife, Genelle, and was sentenced to 99 years in prison

JONES, Paul Edward
Trial: 05 Apr 2009 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee;
Arrest for not reporting address change

MARTIN, Hallie Eugene 'H E' MD
Trial: 02 Oct 1938 Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky;
Acquit Doctor in Murder of Father-in-Law

METHVIN, Earl Alton
Trial: Aug 1926 Faulkner County, Arkansas;
Convicted of murdering his wife, Etta, by poison

MORIARTY, Louise
Trial: 24 Nov 1921 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts;
Arrest for violation of probation

MORISSE, Karen A 'Kam'
Trial: 21 May 1981 Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota;
Karen Borland charged in the disappearance of James D Borland

PANKEY, Wilburn Clyde
Trial: 26 May 1960 Montgomery County, Missouri;
Pleaded guilty to armed robbery

SMITH, Rodney Hayes II
Trial: 2019 Casper, Natrona, Wyoming;
Smith was convicted of habitual criminal violent felony for the killing of Anne Smith

SOLART, Sarah
Trial: 25 Mar 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts;
Good was tried and convicted of witchcraft, although she never confessed

STRICKLER, Jonathan Michael
Trial: 29 May 2025 Houston County, Tennessee;
Sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexual abuse of a child

TEDDER, Louis Edwin Jr
Trial: 25 Apr 1957 Fulton County, Georgia;
Convicted of Felony Abandonment

TWOMEY, Zane Lee
Trial: Jul 2007 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri;
Sentenced to 200 years for statutory rape

WEATHERSPOON, Cecil L
Trial: 25 Oct 1949 Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky;
Sentenced to two years in federal prison for "Kiting" postal funds.

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