Joliet Prison Convict Register Index
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|
Date |
# |
Last |
First |
Court |
Crime & sentence (years) |
Age |
Height |
Wgt |
Complex |
Eye Color |
Hair Color |
Nationality |
Occupation |
Other Prisons |
Religion |
# years att. School |
[Habits |
Parents Living or Age of Prisoner when Parents Died |
POB - Father |
POB - Mother |
Left Home Aged |
Conjugal/ Children |
How & When Discharged |
|
Mar 31 1886 |
7582 |
Abbott |
Elmer |
Kane |
burglary, 1 yr |
24 |
5'6 3/4 |
140 |
dark |
hazel |
black |
Iowa |
farmhand |
|
Methodist |
R&W, 6 yrs |
moderate |
yes |
Penn. |
New York |
24 |
No |
Escaped Dec 9 1858, recaptured April 23, 1860; Discharged Sept 25 1860 |
|
May 1 1848 |
704 |
Abbott |
Ulinder |
DuPage |
larceny - 1 yr |
27 |
5'5" |
|
light |
blue |
brown |
Vermont (In IL 7 yrs) |
laborer |
|
none |
can't read/write |
temperate |
parents living on Fox River |
|
|
|
single |
Dec 19 1891 |
|
Mar 12 1892 |
1640 |
Abrahamson |
Edward E. |
Sangamon |
Forgery 1 yr |
23 |
1 M 65 |
|
Light |
Y az bl lim or |
Dark Blonde |
Illinois |
Book Keeper |
|
Methodist |
High |
Moderate |
Mother F-21 |
Alabama |
Norway |
21 |
single |
Nov 18 1886 |
|
Nov 241857 |
5 |
Abrams |
William |
Cook, R6 |
Larceny |
22 |
5 8 1/2 |
|
Dark |
Blue |
Black |
NY |
Sailor |
- |
None |
Read and Write |
Temp |
No |
|
|
|
single |
Jul 12 1887 |
|
Nov 24 1857 |
2587 |
Abrams |
William |
Cook |
Larceny - 3 yrs |
22 |
5' 8-3/4" |
|
Dark |
Blue |
Black |
New York |
Sailor |
|
None |
Read & Write |
|
None |
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
No Wife |
Taken to Joliet June 9 1858 |
|
Mar 2 1887 |
8158 |
Abrle |
Joseph |
Will |
Assault with intent to kill and murder 5 yrs |
31 |
5ft 5 1/4 |
137 |
Dark |
Brown |
Brown |
Italy |
Coal Miner |
|
Catholic |
R & W 5 yrs |
Moderate |
Father died 9 Mother died 29 |
Italy |
Italy |
16 |
Married 3 Child |
Jul 21 1887 |
|
April 24 1868 |
4568 |
Achenback |
George |
Jersey |
Robbery - 3yrs |
23 |
5' 9 3/4" |
|
Light |
Lt. Blue |
Light |
Germany |
Horse Jockey |
|
None |
None |
|
Mother living |
|
|
|
single |
Sep 11 1887 |
|
Nov 24 1890 |
671 |
Achterfeldt |
Christ |
DeKalb |
Manslaughter 4 yrs |
27 |
1 m 56 |
? |
Md Dark |
Azure Blue |
Chest Med |
Germany |
Farmer |
|
Lutheran |
R&W |
Moderate |
Father living Mother died age 25 |
Germany |
Germany |
7 |
Married no child |
Jan 23 1894 |
|
Feb 3 1892 |
1524 |
Ackerman |
Charles M |
Cook |
Larceny 1 yr |
24 |
1 m 86 |
? |
Med Light |
Lt Slate Blue |
Lt Chest |
New Jersey |
Bookkeeper |
|
Universalist |
High |
Abstinent |
Yes |
New York |
New Jersey |
19 |
Married no child |
Jan 2 1893 |
|
Dec 12 1887 |
8555 |
Ackerson |
Lyman |
Cook |
Rape 8 yrs |
25 |
5ft 10 1/4 |
167 |
Light Sandy |
Gray |
Sandy Brown |
Ohio |
Carpenter |
|
Methodist |
Common 7 yrs |
Intemperate |
Yes |
15 |
New Jersey |
England |
Single |
Oct 2 1889 |
|
April 25 1853 |
1271 |
Adair |
William |
Henderson |
assault to commit rape 1 years |
68 |
|
|
light |
|
gray |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
no |
can read some, can't write |
never drank to excess |
none living |
|
|
|
wife in Warren County |
pardoned June 3, 1853 |
|
Dec 23 1885 |
7397 |
Adams |
Andrew |
Woodford |
burglary, 1 yr |
36 |
5'6 3/4" |
155 |
sandy |
brown |
sandy brown |
Penn. |
laborer |
|
Catholic |
R&W, 6 yr |
intemperate |
yes |
Ireland |
Ireland |
17 |
No |
Escaped Sept 22, 1859; recaptured Sept, 25 1859; released June 28, 1860 |
|
Dec 19 1890 |
700 |
Adams |
George |
U S N D of N D Ill |
Violation of Naturalization Laws 5 yrs |
24 |
1 m 53 |
? |
Md Dark |
Dk Slate Blue |
Chest Med |
New York |
Laborer |
3 yrs in Kingston, Canada same name |
Catholic |
R&W |
Moderate |
Father died age infant Mother died age 10 |
Ireland |
New York |
12 |
Single |
Sep 18 1894 |
|
Nov 5 1885 |
7295 |
Adams |
George |
Cook |
larceny, 1 yr |
24 |
5'7 1/2" |
165 |
light |
blue |
light brown |
Kentucky |
cook |
|
Catholic |
read, 1 yr |
abstinent |
mother living, father 2 yrs |
don't know |
do |
15 |
single |
Nov 20 1882 |
|
June 8 1886 |
7690 |
Adams |
Hans |
Will |
Assault intend to Murder 1 yr |
21 |
5 ft 4 34 |
158 |
Negro |
Black |
Black |
DC |
Coal Miner |
|
Baptist |
R & W 2 yrs |
Moderate |
Yes |
Indiana |
DC |
21 |
Single |
May 8 1887 |
|
Feb 10 1887 |
8121 |
Adams |
Robert |
U.S.N.D.Ill |
Violating Postal laws 5 yrs |
36 |
5ft 6 1/4 |
143 |
Dark |
Hazel |
Dk Brown |
Scotland |
Bartender |
see 9734 |
Catholic |
High 8 yrs |
Intemperate |
Mother living father age 3 |
Scotland |
Ireland |
15 |
Single |
Pardoned Nov 15 1889 |
|
April 25 1868 |
4570 |
Adams |
William |
Crawford |
Manslaughter - 10yrs |
28 |
5' 5 1/2" |
|
Fair |
Grey |
Light |
England |
Farmer |
|
None |
Read |
|
living |
|
|
|
single |
No. 1, 1872 |
|
June 27 1854 |
1518 |
Adkins |
John |
Massac |
Robbery 1 year |
26 |
5' 8 3/4" |
|
dark |
dark |
dark |
Tennessee |
Farmer |
|
no church |
|
never drank to excess |
Parents in Shelby County |
|
|
|
single |
June 29. 1855 |
|
Oct 8 1885 |
7218 |
Adwell |
George |
Sangamon |
larceny, 1 yr |
18 |
5' 7 1/2" |
140 |
dark |
blue |
brown |
Illinois |
farming |
|
no |
0 yrs illiterate |
abstinent |
yes |
Ohio |
Indiana |
18 |
No |
Aug 12 1859 |
|
Mar 18 1890 |
165 |
Agew |
George |
Lake |
Burglary & Larceny 10 yrs 6 mos 3 indictments |
23 |
1 m 80 |
? |
Florid |
Hazel |
Chest m |
New York |
Shoe maker |
|
Episcopal |
R&W |
Moderate |
Mother living Father died age 16 |
England |
Ireland |
19 |
Single |
Died Aug 1 1895 |
|
Apr 20 1888 |
8794 |
Agozzie |
Theodore |
Laramie Wyoming |
Manslaughter 3 yrs from Apr 16 1888 |
29 |
5ft 7 3/4 |
174 |
Dark |
Gray Hazel |
Black |
France |
Miner |
|
Catholic |
Illiterate |
Abstinent |
Yes |
France |
France |
20 |
Single |
Oct 15 1890 |
|
Apr 23 1891 |
990 |
Ahrens |
Louis |
Cook |
Burglary 2 yrs |
24 |
1 m 73 |
? |
Med Light |
Azure Blue |
Lt Blond |
Illinois |
Cooper |
|
Lutheran |
R&W |
Moderate |
Father living Mother died age 46 |
Germany |
Germany |
17 |
Single |
Jan 22 1893 |
|
Aug 25 1853 |
1326 |
Albert |
Wolf |
Cook |
Larceny 2 yrs |
20 |
|
|
light |
brown |
brown |
Germany |
Tailor |
|
Lutheran |
can ready & write |
never drank to excess |
none living |
|
|
|
Single |
July 31, 1854 |
|
March 21 1854 |
1463 |
Alden |
DeWitt C |
Cook |
Larceny 1 year |
19 |
5' 9 1/4" |
|
light |
blue |
light |
New York |
? Engineer |
|
no church |
can read & write |
never drank to excess |
|
|
|
|
single |
discharged March 21, 1855 |
|
Oct 27 1885 |
7272 |
Alexander |
James |
Hancock |
assault with intent to kill and murder, 1 yr |
30 |
5' 9 3/4" |
178 |
Negro |
dark |
black |
North Carolina |
laborer |
|
Methodist |
can read, a few mos |
intemperate |
mother living, father 8 yrs |
North Carolina |
do |
10 |
single |
Jan 18 1887 |
|
Feby 4 1886 |
7474 |
Alexander |
James |
Cook |
burglary, 3 yrs |
21 |
5'8" |
161 |
Negro |
black |
black |
Missouri |
waiter |
|
Catholic |
R&W 3yr |
abstinent |
no, father 8 yrs, mother 9 |
don't know |
don't know |
10 |
single |
Sep 8 1886 |
|
Sept 12 1855 |
1828 |
Alexander |
Richard |
Macoupin |
Larceny 1 year 4 months |
53 |
5' |
|
light |
gray |
|
New Hampshire |
farmer |
|
no church |
can read & write |
never drank to excess |
none living |
|
|
|
single |
Jan 12, 1857 |
|
July 3 1886 |
7744 |
Alexander |
Robert |
Cook |
Larceny 1 yr |
36 |
5ft 2 14 |
138 |
Mulatto |
Dark |
Black |
Illinois |
Cook |
|
Methodist |
Illiterate |
Abstinent |
Yes |
Virginia |
Maryland |
37 |
Married 4 child |
June 3 1887 |
|
Oct 19 1887 |
8448 |
Alexander alias James Henry |
John |
Cook |
Burglary 3 yrs |
19 |
5ft 1 3/4 |
114 |
Negro |
Dk Maroon |
Black |
Virginia |
None |
2nd term #7764 term at Pontiar |
None |
R&W 4 yrs |
Moderate |
Father living Mother died age 18 |
19 |
Virginia |
Virginia |
Single |
Apr 18 1890 |
|
Oct 8 1885 |
7184 |
Allen |
Edward |
McDonough |
Burglary 1 yr |
30 |
5' 4 3/4" |
112 |
dark |
blue |
dk. Brown |
Illinois |
Waiter |
|
Presb. |
5 yrs - R&W |
moderate |
mother living, father 17 yrs |
Canada |
Michigan |
13 |
single |
March 11, 1869 |
|
Nov 16 1891 |
1353 |
Allen |
Edward C |
Peoria |
Forgery & Embezzlement 7 yrs 6 indictments |
47 |
1 m 77 |
? |
Med Light |
Azure Blue fr |
Lt Chest |
Scotland |
Bartender |
|
Episcopal |
Common |
Moderate |
Mother living Father died age 18 |
Scotland |
England |
17 |
Married 2 child |
Aug 15 1896 |
|
Oct 27 1888 |
9115 |
Allen |
Elisha |
Vermilion |
Murder 30 commuted to 8 yrs Sep 22 1893 |
40 |
5ft 7 1/4 |
? |
Dark |
Hazel |
Brown |
Illinois |
Watchmaker |
|
None |
Illiterate |
Abstinent |
Father died age 19 Mother died age 21 |
Illinois |
Virginia |
19 |
Married 4 child |
Jan 26 1894 |
|
Apr 16 1889 |
9483 |
Allen |
James |
Cook |
Robbery 3 yrs |
24 |
5ft 7 1/2 |
? |
Md Dark |
Blue |
Brown |
Wisconsin |
Waiter |
|
Catholic |
R&W 5 yrs |
Moderate |
Mother living Father Don't Know |
Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
20 |
Single |
Oct 21 1891 |
|
Aug 13 1858 |
294 |
Allen |
James F. |
Cook |
Receiving stolen goods |
46 |
5 6 1/4 |
|
Light |
Light Blue |
Black |
NY |
Carpenter |
|
None |
Read and Write |
Temp |
No |
|
|
|
married - wife in Chicago |
par'd by the Gov'r on condition that he leave the state & never return to it. |
|
Oct 20 1885 |
7252 |
Allen |
John D. |
Rock Island |
Burglary 2 yr |
35 |
5' 9 1/2" |
141 |
med dark |
blue |
brown |
Illinois |
woodworker |
|
Baptist |
common school, 8 yrs |
intemperate |
no, father 3 mos, mother 24 yrs |
do |
Indiana |
24 |
married, 2 children |
July 3 1887 |
|
Nov 22 1886 |
7981 |
Allen |
Joseph |
Rock Island |
Robbery 10 yrs |
27 |
5ft 10 1/4 |
163 |
Sandy |
Blue |
Brown |
Massachusetts |
Laborer |
|
Catholic |
R & W 8 yrs |
Intemperate |
Father living mother age 13 |
England |
Ireland |
14 |
Single |
Feb 21 1893 |
|
Feb 18 1892 |
1571 |
Allen |
Lemuel E |
Whiteside |
Forgery 1 yr |
33 |
1 m 67 |
? |
Fair |
Azure Blue |
Dk Blond |
Illinois |
Bookkeeper |
|
Episcopal |
High |
Abstinent |
Yes |
New York |
Michigan |
21 |
Married no child |
Pardoned Nov 12 1892 |
|
Nov 24 1857 |
2571 |
Allen |
William |
Cook |
Larceny - 1 yr |
24 |
5' 8" |
|
Fair |
Gray |
Black |
Connecticut |
Sailor |
|
None |
Read & Write |
Intemp |
Par. live in New York |
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
No Wife |
Nov. 24, 1858 -Guilty. Term Expired |
|
June 1 1891 |
1069 |
Allen |
John |
Cook |
Burglary 1 yr |
23 |
1 m 69 |
? |
Light |
Azure Blue |
Blond |
New York |
Waiter |
|
Lutheran |
Common |
Moderate |
Father died age 7 Mother died age 20 |
Denmark |
Denmark |
14 |
Single |
Apr 30 1892 |
|
Feb 17 1858 |
2651 |
Allen (McRady) |
Henry |
Kane |
Larceny - 1 yr 2 mos |
21 |
5' 5-3/4" |
|
Light |
Blue |
Dark |
New York |
Farmer |
|
None |
Cannot Read nor Write |
Not Intemp |
Moth. In New York |
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
Wife in Kane Co., IL |
Disch. Apr 17 1859 - Term expired |
|
Dec 1 1888 |
9188 |
Allen alias James Johnson |
John |
Cook |
Larceny 1 yr |
56 |
5ft 6 1/4 |
? |
Dark |
Blue |
Brown |
Scotland |
Baker |
3rd Term 8342 |
Presbyterian |
R&W 4 yrs |
Intemperate |
Father died age 35 Mother died age 40 |
Scotland |
Scotland |
17 |
Married 7 child |
Oct 31 1889 |
|
Oct 8 1885 |
7199 |
Alm (alias Nelson) |
Simon |
Cook |
Forgery 2 yrs |
31 |
5' 8 3/4" |
172 |
fair |
blue |
brown |
Norway |
cigar-maker |
see #8886 & 8787 |
Lutheran |
7 yrs |
moderate |
yes |
Germany |
Germany |
14 |
No |
June 17 1859 |
|
July 24 1888 |
8966 |
Alman alias Lewis V Bryan |
Louis |
Cook |
Larceny 8 yrs |
26 |
5ft 7 |
? |
Dark |
Hazel |
Dark |
Ohio |
Marble cutter |
2nd Term 6752 |
Methodist |
R&W 3 1/2 yrs |
Moderate |
Mother living Father died age 11 |
Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
15 |
Single |
Oct 23 1893 |
|
May 18 1888 |
8842 |
Amberg |
Albert |
Rock Island |
Burglary 1 yr |
30 |
5ft 5 |
? |
Med Fair |
Blue |
Brown |
Illinois |
Laborer |
2nd Term 1604 see 2500 |
None |
Read 1 1/2 yrs |
Moderate |
Yes |
Sweden |
Sweden |
25 |
Married |
Apr 18 1889 |
|
May 4 1853 |
1278 |
Ames |
David |
Putnam |
Larceny 4 years |
34 |
|
|
light |
dark hazel |
black |
Ohio |
Carpenter |
|
no church |
can read & write |
never drank to excess |
none living |
|
|
|
wife in Fulton County |
Pardoned by Govenor April 23, 1855 |
|
May 4 1848 |
707 |
Ames |
Edward |
Kane |
larceny - 8 yrs |
36? |
5'5" |
|
light |
grey |
brown |
Ohio (in IL 4 weeks, had resided 5 years here 9 yrs ago) |
farmer |
|
none |
read & write |
temperate |
dead |
|
|
|
single |
Oct 8 1888 |
|
June 1 1858 |
7 |
Ammon |
George |
Kane |
Larceny |
33 |
5 6 |
|
Dark |
Gray |
Brown |
German |
Shoemaker |
- |
Lutheran |
Read and Write |
Intemp |
No |
|
|
|
|
Nov 15 1859 |
|
Nov 22 1858 |
235 |
Ammons |
Ralph |
Sangamon |
Larceny |
44 |
5 8 1/2 |
|
Light |
Black |
Black |
Ohio |
Black Smith |
- |
None |
Read and Write |
Intemp |
Yes |
|
|
|
single |
|
|
May 12 1890 |
278 |
Amos |
Albert |
Douglas |
Assault with intent to murder 2 yrs |
35 |
1 m 60 |
? |
Dark |
Hazel |
Chest m |
N B |
Farming |
|
Baptist |
Illiterate |
Moderate |
Father died age 7 Mother died age 25 |
N S |
N S |
9 |
Married no child |
Feb 11 1892 |
|
Date |
# |
Last |
First |
Court |
Crime & sentence (years) |
Age |
Height |
Wgt |
Complex |
Eye Color |
Hair Color |
Nationality |
Occupation |
Other Prisons |
Religion |
# years att. School |
[Habits |
Parents Living or Age of Prisoner when Parents Died |
POB - Father |
POB - Mother |
Left Home Aged |
Conjugal/ Children |
How & When Discharged |
|
July 31 1891 |
1169 |
Anderson |
Alfred |
Cook |
Burglary 2 yrs |
22 |
1 m 65 |
? |
Sandy |
Violet Blue |
Lt Chest |
Sweden |
Lab' |
|
Catholic |
Illiterate |
Moderate |
Father living Mother died age infant |
Sweden |
Sweden |
8 |
Separated 1 child |
Apr 29 1893 |
|
Dec 21 1886 |
8026 |
Anderson |
Charles |
DeWitt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 18 1888 |
8841 |
Anderson |
Charles |
Rock Island |
Burglary 1 yr |
35 |
5ft 8 3/4 |
? |
? |
Blue |
Brown |
Denmark |
Clerk |
2nd Term 4014 see 642 C |
Lutheran |
R&W 3 1/2 yrs |
Intemperate |
Mother living Father died Don't Know |
Denmark |
Denmark |
19 |
Married 1 child |
Apr 18 1889 |
|
Aug 5 1886 |
7789 |
Anderson |
Duffy |
Cook |
Burglary 1 yr |
19 |
5ft 6 14 |
135 |
Med Fair |
Brown |
Brown |
Illinois |
None |
|
None |
Illiterate |
Moderate |
Father living Mother age 13 |
Norway |
Norway |
16 |
Single |
|
|
Oct 23 1891 |
1282 |
Anderson |
George |
Lee |
Burglary 1 yr |
20 |
1 m 69 |
? |
Med |
Gray Slate Blue |
Med Chest |
Connecticut |
Teamster |
|
Catholic |
Common |
Moderate |
Yes |
Canada |
Massachusetts |
17 |
Single |
Sep 21 1892 |
|
Dec 4 1886 |
7991 |
Anderson |
John</ |