Death Notice of Mrs. Nannie Cortney

At Augusta , Arkansas , March 3rd, Nannie, aged 24, wife of R. H. Cortney.  Source:  Henry Republican, Henry, Ill.,March 14, 1872, contributed by Nancy Piper.

 

Henry, Ill.--Died in Augusta , Arkansas , June 27, of apolexy, Joseph C. Cotney, father-in-law to C. H. Kellogg of this city, aged 68 years.  --Source:  THE HENRY REPUBLICAN, Henry, Ill., August 4, 1870; contributed by Nancy Piper.

 

Death Notice of Russell H. Cotney

Henry, Ill.--At Augusta, Ark., of malarial fever, Russell H. Cotney, 49, brother of Mrs. C. H. Kellogg of this city and M. G. Cotney of Saratoga township.  --Source:  The Henry Republican, Henry, Ill., September 22, 1881; contributed by Nancy Piper.

EXECUTIONS

Source:  THE HISTORY OF EXECUTIONS IN AMERICA BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION,
"Before the Needles," by Rob Gallagher.  Used with permission.  Transcribed by A. Newell.

NAME	RACE	SEX	CRIME	METHOD	DATE
ADAMS, Ben	white	male	murder-robbery	electrocution	Jun 5, 1942
MOONEY, John	black	male	murder	electrocution	Jan 24, 1941
PEGUES, Chris	black	male	murder	hanging	1885
SIMMONS, Joe	black	male	murder-robbery	hanging	Jan 21, 1887