Homicides of Adults in Vermont, 1821-1846

Inquest:
Indictment: ind. for murder
Term: 12/1837t
Court proceedings: 6/1838t: hung jury (10g & 2ng). 12/1838t: hung jury (5g & 7ng). 6/1839t: np "little hope of conviction" Also: attempted escape.

Source:
Add. Co. Ct. rec.:
12/1837 docket: 178

6/1838 docket: 107 (hung jury), 110 (indicted for adultery)

12/1838 docket: 33 (hung jury); 34 (adultery con't)

6/1839 docket: 25 (murd. np; ad. con't)

J. of Gen. Ass., 1838: appendix B: 10-11

J. of Gen. Ass., 1839: abstract, n.p.

Newspaper:
RWH, 7/25/1837: Dana Thompson djailed for poisoning his wife and child last Feb. Very little suspicion at the time, but subsequent facts disclosed led to disinterment and arrest. From the Press, 7/4.
RH 1/1/1839: "Another Trial for Murder." from the Middlebury People's Press. trial of Thompson for murder of his wife. Hung jury. 5 G & 7 NG. Will probably nolle pros. Little hope of conviction.
RH 6/26/1838: T, accused of murdering wife & child, hung jury, 6/1838. 10 G, 2 NG. Poisoning suspected about a year ago. [& BFP 6/29]
Middlebury PEOPLE'S PRESS, 7/4/1837 [not at VtStLib]
VT ARGUS (Middlebury), 7/4/1837: notice of arrest. 7/11 [7/18 & 7/25 missing] - 7/31/1837: nothing more at VtStLib.
BFP 5/18/1838: DT escaped from Middlebury jail. Recaptured.
BFP 12/28/1838: 2nd Oliver Dana Thompson trial. Hung jury.

Census:
1830C: Thompsons in ADD Cornwall
Joseph 294 M 0,15,20,40 F 10,15,30
1840C:
O. Thompson BEN 290 Pownal

M 20,50 F 50 Ag - 2

Joseph ADD 117 Cornwall

M 10,20,30,60 F 50 Ag - 2 Prof - 1 Navig - 1

Genealogy:
VR examined: Oliver not there
Lyman Matthews, History of the Town of Cornwall, Vermont (Middlebury: Mead and Fuller, 1862).
Gilbert T. Thompson (269): b. Swanton, 12/20/1807, came to Cornwall in early childhood with his father. Grad. fr. Middlebury, 1830. For the next 3 yrs, preceptor of Add. Co. Grammar School & law student of Hon. Joel Doolittle. Left to teach at Geneva College, NY -- then returned to the law. d. Northampton, Mass., 1852.
Strong B. Thompson, Esq. (276): for many yrs. a Lt. in U.S. Navy, engaged in active service. Resigned because of ill health -- conducts a farm near Boston.

Accused: Oliver Dana Thompson

Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: m

Children: one

Occupation:

Town: Cornwall

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim 1: ___ Thompson
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: f

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: m. to Oliver

Children: one

Occupation:

Town: Cornwall

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim 2: ___ Thompson
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender:

Age: child

Literate:

Marital Status: s

Children: n

Occupation:

Town: Cornwall

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1838, May 10 [Hardwick], CAL

CT
Class: probable

Crime: HOM

Rela: SPOUSE WIFE by HUSBAND

Motive: UNK

Intox?:

Day of week:

Holiday?:

Time of day:

Days to death:

HOM: Martin Kibbe m. Saprhona Kibbe

Weapon: unknown
Circumstances:
Inquest:
Indictment: bnf for murder. ind. for mansl. & M-2, "malice prepense."
Term: 12/1838t
Court proceedings: pNG. fNG.
NOTE: MK indicted for adultery, 6/1854t. Bonds forfeit. [Cal. Co. Ct. 14: 209]
NOTE: MK ind. at the same term for disturbing a religious meeting.

Source:
Cal. Co. Ct. 8: 492

J. of Gen. Ass. 1839: xcix-c. Says 10/1838 term, not 12/1838

Newspaper:
Farmer's Herald, 5/2 - [5/16 missing] - 6/13/1832

St. Johnsbury CALEDONIAN, 12/1838t: nothing

DANVILLE NORTH STAR 5/12 - 6/16/1838: nothing; 12/1/1838 - [12/15 & 12/22 missing] - 1/12/1839: nothing

Census:
1830C: CAL (367) M 0,0,30 F 5,20

Genealogy:
VR - 150:
Martin Kibbe (Hardwick) m. Lucy Webber, 12/4/1854.

Martha Kibbe (Hardwick) d. 8/7/1855 (age 19:7:17) (dau. Martin)

Lorin Kibbe (Hardwick) b. 4/1/1831. Child of Martin.

Henry Martin Kibbe (Hardwick) b. 10/12/1826. Child of Martin.

Daniel Austin Kibbe (Hardwick) b. 10/4/1828. Child of Martin.

Accused: Martin Kibbe

Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: [37]

Literate:

Marital Status: [m]

Children: [yes, several]

Occupation:

Town: Hardwick

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim: Saprhona Kibbe
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: f

Age: [27]

Literate:

Marital Status: [m]

Children: [yes, several]

Occupation:

Town: Hardwick

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1838, Oct. 2 Shaftsbury, BEN

P

CT

Class: certain

Crime: HOM

Rela: RELATIVE SISTER-IN-LAW by BROTHER-IN-LAW

Motive: INHERITANCE

Intox?: no

Day of week: T

Holiday?:

Time of day: 7:15pm

Days to death: 0

HOM: Archibald L. Bates m. Harriet Jane Bates

Weapon: rifle shot to head
Circumstances: victim was sitting in a chair in her living room; shot through a window while she was nursing her infant child. He killed his brother's wife; jealous of his brother, dispute over inheritance, etc.
Inquest:
Indictment:
Term:
Court proceedings: [court records lost]. Indicted for murder. pNG. fG. DEATH. Executed 1/8/1839

Source:
J. of Gen. Ass., 1839: n.p.

Newspaper:

VT Gazette (Bennington)
BFP, 2/22/1839. The night before his execution, AB made full confession of this and his other lesser crimes. 20,000 attended AB's execution on Weds., 1/8, in Bennington.
RH 10/9/1838: HJB shot dead through a window sometime last week, while she sat in a chair nursing a baby in her arms, unaware of danger. Ball entered her forehead and came out the back of her head. Why? "dispute about some property left by a deceased [sic] parent." Murderer already arrested and in jail.
RH 10/16/1838 (T): from Vermont Gazette of 10/9: T evening last, long resentment toward innocent victim. 7pm. Mrs. B "highly esteemed." "an amiable and accomplished woman." Husband and his parents distraught. Record of the inquiry:
Alvin Bates, the father of Archibald: had a conversation with his son, Archibald, in orchard west of the house in respect to Archibald's future portion of the property. Archibald "appeared quite agitated and out of humor; he then spoke of my son Philorman's wife, and said that she should not live on this place and enjoy this property if it cost him his life; he then remarked I should see trouble that night." he then went to the house, talked to his mother, shook hands, and bade her farewell. "After Archibald had left I requested my son Philorman to go into my room with me, went into a bedroom in the northeast corner of the house, I repeated my conversation with Archibald and what he had said, and proposed that we should give him some money or buy him a place to live on, and we concluded to do so; at this moment I heard the report of a gun." Moonlight, could not see who it was. Rand after him. The baby was crying. Philorman was already raising his bleeding wife when Alvin returned to the house. Said Archibald had threatened her before.
Philorman Bates, the brother of Archibald: came in from work .5 hr. before sunset. Spoke with father immediately. Heard gun. Caught the baby, who was falling from his wife's arms. Handed the child to Mr. Davis and with his help set his wife on a bed. Knew it was Archibald running away. "I have heard prisoner making threats again the life of the deceased, between 3 and 4 years since he told me if he did not remove my wife he would be the death of her, if he lost his own life in consequence; and she did leave the house."
Heman Davis, the hired man: corroborates the story. Wit. often handled the baby for Mrs. B. PB's mother also lived in the house. Shot 7:15pm, 10/2.
Gardner C. Bates (age 11): saw AB get the gun from the woodshed.
Minerva Bates: ditto GCB's test.
Sylvanus Bates: Rollin Blackmur informed him that Mrs. B was shot. Also saw AB get the gun.
Rollin C. Blackmur: found AB at SB's house. AB was living there.
The Grand Jury then indicted AB for murder.
RH 12/18/1838: in Shaftsbury, Oct. last, Mrs. Harriet Jane Bates m. by Archibald L. Bates, brother of her husband, Philorman Bates, Esq. Trial last week. To hang 2/3/1839. Ed. -- acknowledges that readers want more news of the trial, but little information available from the Bennington papers.
RH 1/1/1839: little news on the Bates trial. Bennington paper reported only that the jury took 15 minutes to deliberate. Ed. expects that a tract will be published.

Census:
1830C: Bates families in Shaftsbury
Arvin (071) M 20,60 F 15,60

Ebenezer (071) M 10,15,20,60 F 20,50

Silvanus (071) M 0,5,30 F 0,0,30

Genealogy:

Accused: Archibald L. Bates

Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: s

Children: no

Occupation: [farm laborer]

Town: Shaftsbury

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim: Harriet Jane Bates
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: f

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: m

Children: 1 ch.

Occupation: farm wife [her husband inherited his father's farm]

Town: Shaftsbury

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1838, Oct. 4 Rutland, RUT

CT

P

Class: certain

Crime: HOM / ATT SUI

Rela: SPOUSE WIFE by HUSBAND

Motive: JEALOUSY RAGE / ADULTERY of wife

Intox?: yes

Day of week: Th

Holiday?:

Time of day: night

Days to death: 0

HOM: Henry Damon m. Sophia Damon

Weapon: razor, slashed throat. d. inst.
Circumstances: dwelling of "ill fame" in the "Hayti" neighborhood on the Rutland/Mendon line. The Damons apparently lodged there.
Inquest: i.d. 10/5. Verdict: murder
Indictment: ind. for murder
Term: 9/1839t
Court proceedings: pNG. fG. DEATH. to hange. Commuted 10/29/1839 to LIFE. d. 8/27/1875, buried in Cemetery Grave #2 at the prison.
ADULTERY: Sophia Damon (wife Henry) of Sherburne, 3/28/33 at Sherburne, did carnally know Socrates Clark of Sherburne. Adultery. Rut. Co. Ct. file, 4/1833t, f.c. A-H, L-WL.

Source:
Rut. Co. Ct. 27: 129

Rut. Co. Ct. docket, 9/1839t: 54

Rut. Co. Ct. judgment files, bound volume, n.p.

J. of Gen. Ass. 1839: abstract, n.p.

Newspaper:
RH 10/9/1838: a quarrel over visitors. Inquest early last F morning to view the body of a female lying dead at a dwelling house. 2 mi. out of Rutland village at a place called "Hayti." Sophia Damon murdered by her husband, Henry, who cut her throat.

RH characterizes the house as a house of "ill fame." "had been visited that night by wretches equally detestable in our view with some of those who dwelt therein, but not so well known." SD & HD quarreled "in relation to the visitors" -- in the affray HD got a razor while his wife was in bed and cut her throat from ear to ear. Attempted to cut his own throat (suicide), but failed.

Admitted the crime and a desire to end his own life, "not having any desire to live longer." Some of the visitors had brought a jug of rum (HD drank 2 or 3 times). Another man and his wife were in another bed in the same room when the quarrel broke out. This man, who belonged to the house, remained in bed during the murder; his frightened wife fled the house. Obstructed view, dark, & no light but the moon. A woman in another room in the house was frightened by the racket. She leaped from a window and ran to a neighbor's house. Did not know what went on. HD arrested & his wounds dressed. Arraigned on Sat. (Trial next Sept. at the earliest).

NOTE: a strange gathering of couples, or more a normal occurance than the RH ed. admits?

Census:
830C: nothing

Genealogy:

VR-70: HD: b. Woodstock, VT 1/2/1809. Son of Samuel and Alice (Marsh). VR - 71: nothing on Sophia.
Accused: Henry Damon
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: 32

Literate:

Marital Status: m. Sophia

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Rutland

Birthplace: b. Woodstock, VT

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim: Sophia Damon
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: [w] [race uncertain -- may be mixed]

Gender: f

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: m. Henry

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Rutland

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1839, Dec. 5 Braintree, ORA

CT

P

Class: certain

Crime: HOM & AIK

Rela: SPOUSE WIFE by HUSBAND / AIK BROTHER and SISTER by BROTHER

Motive: MENTAL ILLNESS

Intox?: no

Day of week: Th

Holiday?:

Time of day:

Days to death: 0

HOM: Benjamin Franklin Kellam m. Sally (aka Sarah) Kellam (his wife) and aik. on ___ Kellam (his brother) and ___ Kellam (his sister)

Weapon: razor, cut throat
Circumstances: cellar of their house
Inquest:
Indictment: ind. for murder
Term: _/1840t
Court proceedings: pNG. fNG -- insane. np. Confined in the town jail at Braintree because he was dangerous to the community. Charged to Braintree. Discharged, 12/1847.

Source:
Ora. Ct. Co. 14: 110; 16: 108

J. of Gen. Ass. 1840, lxxxv

Newspaper:
BFP 1/8/1841: fNG because of insanity. [from the Watchman article]
VT WATCHMAN, 1/4/1841: proof of insanity so strong "that the lawyers declined arguing the case." Also looked at 12/16/1838 to 2/10/1840: nothing
Exeter Newsletter, 1/14/1840: Franklin Killum of Braintree, VT murdered his wife, Sally, on Th., Dec. 5. "Thanksgiving Day. cause RUM!" [does not seem an accurate account]
New Hampshire Patriot, 12/30/1839: WIFE MURDER in VT: at Braintree, VT, 12/6, Franklin Killum on his wife Sally (27). "He sent her down cellar on some errand, followed her, and struck her several blows on the head with a shovel, which not proving fatal, he followed her to a bedroom, and cut her throat with a razor. He then made an assault upon his brother and sister, but was overpowered by the former, who wrested the razor from him, and secured him. It is probable that he intended to have murdered the whole family." Jailed in Chelsea. Vermont Patriot, which said, "We learn from various sources" of the crime.

Census:
1830C & 1840C: nothing

Genealogy:
VR - 147: nothing

Accused: Benjamin Franklin Kellam

Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: m. Sally

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Braintree

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim 1: Sally (aka Sarah) Kellam
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: 27

Literate:

Marital Status: m. Benjamin F.

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Braintree

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim 2: ___ Kellam
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Braintree

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim 3: ___ Kellam
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: f

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Braintree

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1839, Dec. 5 Shelburne, CHI

P
Class: certain

Crime: HOM

Rela: NONDOM

Motive: ROBBERY

Intox?:

Day of week: Th

Holiday?:

Time of day: early evening [left Charlotte Four Corners at 2pm]

Days to death: 0

HOM: Coates Barnes m. Hewin Safford

Weapon: blows to head [club]
Circumstances: in the woods on the farm of Jonathan Lyon, 1 mi. north of the village. Probably a robbery, which netted $0.25. HS was a migrant farm worker from Canada who worked in Rutland Co. in the summer of 1839. He was travelling home in Dec., 1839 to visit his father, who was ill.
Inquest:
Indictment:
Term:
Court proceedings: fled. Made a death bed confession, years later. Other witnesses denied the authenticity of the confession.

Source:

Newspaper:

New Hampshire Patriot: 1/10/1866: HOM in VT: 25 yrs ago, Mr. Safford murdered in Shelburn, VT. Murdered never detected. Few days ago, murderer died in Canada & just before his death confessed the deed.
RH 3/10/1840: from BFP, 3/6: HS (c. 35) was at work in Rutland Co. the past summer. On his way to visit his sick father in Canada in Dec., 1839. Last seen 12/5/1839 in Charlotte Four Corners at 2pm, headed to Shelburne. Body found 2/27 in the woods 1 mi. north of the village. Blows to head the cause of death. Robbery. Some items taken, other scattered. Had little on him when robbed.
RH 3/17/1840: brass watch and 2 $100 notes missing.
BFP, 3/6/1840 & 12/29/1865

RDH, 1/1, 1/15, 2/27/1866 (account denied)

RDH 1/1/1866: HOM: 25 yrs ago a Mr. Safford murdered in Shelburne, VT: death bed confession of murderer in Canada, according to Burlington SENTINEL: no name given. Had been unsolved.
RDH 1/13/1866 (Sat): HOM details (1/15): Safford killed by a Canadian, Coates Barnes, who had been working for Chas Westover of Johnson & later for Cyrus H. Parker of Eden. Fell in w/Safford while roving in n Vt. Learning that Safford had just received $100, & “not knowing that he had lent the money, he murdered him for it;” but only found the note in Safford’s possession! BFP 1/12
RDH 2/27/1866 (T): HOM: M.J. Deming of Frelighsburgh, C.E. has written to Burlington SENTINEL to deny accuracy of Mr. Stuart’s acct in that paper of Jan. 12, stating that Coates Barnes confessed to the killing of Safford. WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE IT? BFP 2/23
BFP 12/29/1865: HOMICIDE CONFESSION: man in Canada East near line recently on death bed confessed to murder of Mr. Safford 25 yrs ago on farm of Jonathan Lyon in Shelburne. Dissolute & drunken man, lured Safford into woods off main road to Burlington & killed him for 25 cents.

Census:
1830C & 1840C: nothing

Genealogy:
Accused: Coates Barnes
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: [adult]

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation: farm laborer

Town: transient

Birthplace: b. Canada East

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim: Hewin Safford
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: 35

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation: farm laborer

Town: transient

Birthplace: b. Canada

Religion:

Organizations:

[1840] WDS or ORA

P
Class: do not count

Crime: poss HOM / poss APOCHRYPHAL STORY

Rela: NONDOM ROBBER by VICTIM

Motive: SELF-DEFENSE

Intox?:

Day of week:

Holiday?:

Time of day: night

Days to death: 0

HOM: Jake Walker m. an Indian man

Weapon: strangled, noose around neck
Circumstances:
Inquest:
Indictment:
Term:
Court proceedings: none

Source:

Newspaper:

VW 5/11/1887 (W): HOM STORY in VT: TRUE or FALSE? "Nearly half a century ago the mail between Boston and Canada was carried part of the way by stage. Old Jake Walker, once a resident of Derby, drove in those days a four-horse coach between Concord, N. H., and Montreal, and on one of his early trips the following incident occurred. Walker had started from Concord with his mail and one passenger, and when two days out met in the woods an Indian and half-breed, who by their close scrutiny gave Walker to understand that he must look out. Night found them on the east side of the Green Mountains and a number of miles from their stopping place. As they were preparing to descend a long hill a lurch of the coach told the driver that some one was climbing on behind. Walker gave the reins to his companion and, taking a baggage rope, one end of which was secured to the wagon pole and theother end formed into a slip-loose, he climbed on top of the coach. In the moonlight he could just discover two figures, with guns and knives ready for quick use. Inspired by a knowledge of their fall Walker dropped the noose over the head of what he now recognized as the Indian, and at the same instant gave the signal for the horses to be rushed down the mountain. The half-breed escaped, but a grave marked by a huge pine is the only monument of the treacherous Indian." Free Press

Census:

Genealogy:
Accused: Jake Walker
Ethnicity:

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation: stage driver

Town: Derby

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim: ___
Ethnicity:

Race: Ind

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation:

Town:

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1841, Aug. 11 Wells, RUT

P

CT

Class: certain

Crime: HOM MANSL

Rela: TAVERN / STREET CUSTOMER by CUSTOMER

Motive: QUARREL

Intox?: prob. both

Day of week: W

Holiday?:

Time of day:

Days to death: 0

HOM: Orson Cone (and Cephas Wilcox, accessory) m. Martin Beebe

Weapon: beaten. Found "bruised and speechless." d. 1.5 hrs. took hold of both legs & pounded MB's head, neck, spine, hands, etc. on the floor of a stable. MB eventually died of fractures. [phys]
Circumstances: in the stable of John Howe, innkeeper. Quarreled in a tavern & went outside.
Inquest:
Indictment: ind. for mansl.
Term: 9/1841t
Court proceedings: jailed. pNG. OC: fG. 15 yrs. & $58c. pardoned 11/1844. CW: con't. 4/1844t: dropped after that term.

Source:
Rut. Co. Ct. 27: 485
Rut. Co. Ct. files: 9/1841 C.C. jdgt files [bound v.] state cases: 100-126. No. 104 (9/41)
Rut. Co. Ct. Judgment Files (bound), 9/1841t #104 (Cone); 4/1842t #117 (Wilcox); 4/1844t #98 (both)
J. of Gen. Ass. 1841: 116

Newspaper:

VT WATCHMAN, 8/30/1841: corres. to the RUTLAND HERALD, dtl Wells, 8/13: on W of this week, Martin Beebe found "much bruised and nearly speechless in the stable of John Howe, the innkeeper" of Wells. MB d. 1.5 hrs. Inquest: testimony, exhumation of the body. Unanimous opinion: MB d. as a result of "severe treatment" by Orson Cone of Poultney (principal) & Cephas Wilcox (accessory). Both jailed. "Cone and Wilcox were seen to follow the deceased to the shed, and were gone about 15 minutes and returned together, and when asked where Martin was, said they had floored him. The principal in the case insulted and abused said Bebee much previous to their leaving the house."
RH 8/17/1841 (T): the original.
BFP 8/20/1841: no new details. ditto.

Census:
1840C:

Enoch Cone RUT 167 Wells

M 40 F 30 Ag - 1

Jennet Wilcox RUT 111 Pawlet

M 15 F 40 Ag - 1

Nathan Wilcox RUT 108 Pawlet

M 50 F 15,40 Mfg - 1

Levi Beebe RUT 168 Wells

M 5,40 F 0,10,20,20,30,70 Ag - 1

Genealogy:
Hiland Paul, History of Wells, Vermont (Rutland: Tuttle & Co., 1869), 64. Martin Beebe m. Lucinda Huff. Had 2 ch. & then they moved west, but she died soon after they moved, so he returned to Wells & d. there in 1841. Ch: Ozias, Jr.; Harriet m. Thomas Hall; Abigail m. Amos Winchell.
nothing in Pawlet or Poultney hist. at VHS

Accused 1: Orson Cone

Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: 27 64"

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Pawlet

Birthplace: b. Poultney, VT

Religion:

Organizations:

Accused 2: Cephas Wilcox
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation:

Town: Pawlet

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

Victim: Martin Beebe
Ethnicity: [nb English]

Race: w

Gender: m

Age: adult

Literate:

Marital Status: widower (m. Lucinda Huff)

Children: 3

Occupation:

Town: Wells

Birthplace:

Religion:

Organizations:

1841, Sept. Berlin, WAS

HIST
Class: probable

Crime: HOM

Rela: NONDOM

Motive: UNK

Intox?:

Day of week:

Holiday?:

Time of day:

Days to death:

HOM: Chauncey B. Nye m. John Smith (a "foreigner")