List of Convicts in the Illinois State Prison in Alton, IL
who were pardoned, died or escaped from 1 January 1855 to December 1856
as compiled by Robert S. Johnston and published in the ISGS Quarterly XVIII:1

Transcribed from the ISGS publication by K. Torp, ©2007, though we've sorted this by county rather than alpha order.

NAME	DATE	COUNTY	CRIME	DISPOSITION
Blasmire, Frederick	4 Sep. 1856	Adams	Murder	Pardoned
Finley, Charles	9 Aug. 1856	Adams	Died
Hoburn, William	27 May 1856	Adams	Murder	Pardoned
Payne, Charles M.	16 Feb. 1856	Adams	Murder	Pardoned
Briggs, Benjamin F.	23 Sep. 1856	Boone	Larceny	Pardoned
Irish, Wilson W.	10 Dec. 1856	Christian	Larceny	Pardoned
Evans, Samuel	28 Dec. 1856	Clark	Murder	Pardoned
(--?--)	9 May 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Ambruster, Casper	18 Aug. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Died
Archer, Thomas	23 Nov. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Barney, Jacob	23 Apr. 1856	Cook	Counterfeiting	Pardoned
Bennick, William	12 Aug. 1856	Cook	Burglary	Pardoned
Bergen, Thomas	18 Aug. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Boyle, James	26 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Brandt, Adolph	8 Feb. 1855	Cook	Larcency	Died
Brockett, Allen R.	3 Oct. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Brown, James	25 Dec. 1856	Cook	Robbery	Pardoned
Brown, John	23 Feb. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Caldwell, Oscar T.	17 Jan. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Callahan, Matthew	24 July 1855	Cook	Larcency	Pardoned
Carrier, John	29 Apr. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Clark, George	1 Sep. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Died
Cody, Ellen	23 Feb. 1856	Cook	Murder	Pardoned
Combs, Charles R.	5 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Connors, William	4 Sep. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Crandall, E.L.	28 Jan. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Crosbie, Stephen	27 Nov. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Dixon, John	17 Oct. 1855	Cook	Assault with intent to steal	Pardoned
Doty, John	5 Sep. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Dougherty, Campbell	29 Sep. 1856	Cook	Having counterfeit with intent to pass	Pardoned
Driggs, Nelson	12 Aug. 1856	Cook	Possession of counterfeit money	Pardoned
Durham, John	5 Mar. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Edgbert, D.M.	6 Dec. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Enwright, Francis	24 July 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Farrell, Ann	13 Jan. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Farrell, William B.	9 Feb. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
France, Peter	25 Sep. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Died
Gardener, J.R.	5 May 1855	Cook	Passing counterfeit money	Pardoned
Geary, Cornelius	9 May 1855	Cook	Burglary	Pardoned
Geary, William	25 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Greenbury, Jacob	20 Dec. 1856	Cook	Burglary	Pardoned
Greer, William	7 Sep. 1855	Cook	Forgery	Pardoned
Hickey, John	7 May 1855	Cook	Murder	Pardoned
Horn, Anton	21 Oct. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Hudson, Martin	21 May 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Hudson, Mary	1 Feb. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Hughes, William	2 Sep. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Hurd, Lewis	24 Sep. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Kinney, Frank W.	17 Oct. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Kohn, Morris	18 Dec. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Lapoint, John	23 Dec. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Lewis, John	16 July 1856	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Looly, Thomas	25 Apr. 1855	Cook	Assault to murder	Pardoned
Love, Jannette	13 Jan. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Mahoney, William	12 Dec. 1855	Cook	Burglary	Pardoned
Mallory, John	2 July 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Maton, P.I.	20 Oct. 1855	Cook	Robbery	Pardoned
McCarthy, John	22 June 1855	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
McGowen, James	24 Aug. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Mitchell, Robert	4 July 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Mohr, Christian	3 Apr. 1856	Cook	Burglary	Pardoned
Moody, Mary	19 Nov. 1856	Cook	Robbery	Pardoned
Mooney, John	11 June 1856	Cook	Assault to murder	Pardoned
Morris, Asa	6 Feb. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Morrison, Marcus	19 Mar. 1855	Cook	Robbery	Died
Nason, Mark	30 Dec. 1856	Cook	Rape	Pardoned
O'Brien, Dennis	30 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
O'Shea, James	27 Aug. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Patterson, Andrew J.	26 May 1855	Cook	Embezzlement	Pardoned
Perry, Jackson	20 July 1855	Cook	Assault to kill	Pardoned
Rainbow, Thomas	12 Apr. 1855	Cook	Larcency	Pardoned
Reese, William	31 Dec. 1856	Cook	Manslaughter	Pardoned
Richardson, Samuel	6 Sep. 1855	Cook	Passing counterfeit money	Pardoned
Roach, Peter	2 July 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Sargent, Charles	15 May 1855	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Schneider, Henry	22 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Serffert, Charles	25 Apr. 1855	Cook	Larcency	Pardoned
Shaw, Michael	2 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Sliten, Nicholas	18 Mar. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Smith, C.E.	13 Nov. 1855	Cook	Forgery	Pardoned
Strow, Edwin A.	15 Feb. 1855	Cook	Counterfeiting	Pardoned
Strow, William H.	13 Nov. 1855	Cook	Counterfeiting	Pardoned
Sullivan, Betsy	18 Nov. 1856	Cook	Manslaughter	Pardoned
Summerville, William	16 Feb. 1856	Cook	Vagrancy	Pardoned
Tate, Mary A.	3 Jan. 1856	Cook	Receiving stolen goods Pardoned
Tracy, James	23 Sep. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Van Blarican, George	8 Mar. 1855	Cook	Larceny	S. Court
Ward, Henry	11 June 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Welch, A.B.	13 Feb. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Welch, John	25 Oct. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Wendt, John	17 Sep. 1856	Cook	Robbery	Pardoned
Werdles, William	23 Nov. 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Whalen, William	25 Sep. 1855	Cook	Robbery	Pardoned
White, Charles	10 Apr. 1856	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
White, Richard	21 July 1855	Cook	Larceny	Pardoned
Wilson, John	16 July 1856	Cook	Larceny	Escaped
Wright, Catharine	26 July 1855	Cook	Receiving stolen goods Pardoned
Wright, Joshua C.	30 Sep. 1856	Cook	Forgery	Pardoned
Day, Charles	26 Apr. 1856	Cook	Receiving stolen goods	Pardoned
Sargent, Francis	7 Nov. 1856	DeKalb	Larceny	Pardoned
Wiggins, Ira	12 June 1856	DeKalb	Assault to kill	Pardoned
Potter, William	13 June 1856	DuPage	Larceny	Pardoned
Ruehty, John	22 Apr. 1856	DuPage	Larceny	Pardoned
Goddard, William	2 Dec. 1855	Edgar	Larceny	Died
Knight, Joseph	22 May 1856	Edgar	Murder	Pardoned
Lesure, Peter	22 Oct. 1855	Fulton	Larceny	Pardoned
Rose, James	7 Nov. 1856	Fulton	Assault to murder	Pardoned
Browning, Sanford	26 Apr. 1856	Gallatin	Murder	Pardoned
Johnson, James H.	12 July 1856	Gallatin	Larceny	Pardoned
Evans, Jeremiah	20 Feb. 1855	Hardin	Murder	Died
Hampton, Adam	27 Sep. 1855	Hardin	Mayhem	Died
Scheuff, Henry	24 Mar. 1855	Hardin	Larceny	Pardoned
Story, William A.	12 June 1856	Henderson	Burglary and larceny	Pardoned
Langford, George	18 Oct. 1855	Henry	Larceny	Pardoned
Wilcox, Arbin	26 Apr. 1855	Henry	Murder	Pardoned
Callahan, Patrick	20 Feb. 1856	Iroquois	Larceny	Pardoned
Francis, William	25 June 1856	Jo Daviess	Robbery	Pardoned
Johnson, Joseph H.	22 Apr. 1855	Jo Daviess	Larceny	Escaped
McMayhan, John	23 Feb. 1856	Jo Daviess	Larceny	Escaped
Wester, Henry	6 Nov. 1856	Jo Daviess	Murder	Pardoned
Brennan, John	24 Nov. 1855	Kane	Assault to murder	Pardoned
Nash, Oscar	12 Jan. 1856	Kane	Larceny	Died
Pooley, Thomas	3 July 1856	Kane	Manslaughter	Pardoned
Sammons, Nicholas	10 Oct. 1856	Kankakee	Murder	Pardoned
Stetson, Fieldon	10 Oct. 1856	Kankakee	Murder	Pardoned
Maxam, Ambrose	12 July 1856	Kendall	Burglary and larceny	Pardoned
McCane, John	12 Dec. 1855	Kendall	Larceny	Pardoned
Warren, John W.	18 Nov. 1855	Knox	Larceny	Died
Smith, Erastas L.	9 May 1856	Lake	Larceny	Pardoned
Sweeney, Michael	3 Sep. 1856	Lake	obstructing railroad	Pardoned
Allen, Octavius	11 Dec. 1856	LaSalle	Forgery	Pardoned
Gahan, William	28 Oct. 1856	LaSalle	Perjury	Pardoned
Greely, Samuel W.	18 July 1856	LaSalle	Larceny	Pardoned
Helm, George D.	22 Sep. 1856	LaSalle	Larceny	Pardoned
McDonald, John	16 July 1856	LaSalle	Larceny	Escaped
McHugh, Mary	28 May 1856	LaSalle	Larceny	Pardoned
Richards, William	1 Aug. 1855	LaSalle	Burglary and larceny	Escaped
Ryan, Timothy	12 Nov. 1856	LaSalle	Perjury	Pardoned
Howell, Samuel	3 Nov. 1856	Logan	Larceny	Died
Henricks, Henry	13 Sep. 1855	Madison	Larceny	Died
McCully, John	7 Jan. 1856	Madison	Larceny	Died
Peterson, George	6 Aug. 1855	Madison	Larceny	Died
Browning, James	2 July 1856	Marion	Larceny	Pardoned
Hedrich, Joseph	13 Mar. 1855	Marion	Burglary	Died
Heron, David C.	4 Mar. 1856	Marion	Larceny	Died
McCabe, Patrick	19 Dec. 1856	Marshall	Murder	Pardoned
Campbell, Dacatur	20 June 1855	Massac	Murder	Habeas corpus
Gray, Harrison	26 Apr. 1855	Massac	Assault to rape	Pardoned
Murphy, Dennis	3 Apr. 1856	McHenry	Murder	Pardoned
Smith, Mary	26 Jan. 1856	Monroe	Larceny	Escaped
Bowen, Charles A.	3 Jan. 1856	Montgomery	Larceny	Pardoned
Shaw, William	9 Dec. 1856	Moultrie	Murder	Pardoned
Rice, James A.	30 Dec. 1856	Ogle	Larceny	Pardoned
Hax, Lewis	14 Aug. 1856	Peoria	Larceny	Pardoned
Hennessy, William	17 Jan. 1855	Peoria	Assault to rape	Pardoned
Klingle, John	14 Aug. 1856	Peoria	Burglary	Pardoned
Power, Edmund	12 Nov. 1856	Peoria	Murder	Pardoned
Day, Michael	6 Apr. 1855	Peoria	Murder	Pardoned
Johnson, A.B.	11 Aug. 1855	Pike	Larceny	Escaped
Roney, Benjamin E.	11 Mar. 1856	Pike	Arson	Pardoned
Taylor, J.M.	12 June 1856	Pike	Bigamy	Pardoned
Hawes, Andrew	26 July 1855	Pulaski	Larceny	Pardoned
Ames, David	23 Nov. 1855	Putnam	Larceny	Pardoned
Smith, John	1 Jan. 1856	Richland	Larceny	Died
Funnell, Samuel	6 Jan. 1856	Rock Island	Larceny	Died
Sherrill, James	5 Nov. 1855	Rock Island	Assault to kill	Pardoned
Simons, Curtis	21 Apr. 1856	Rock Island	Larceny	Pardoned
Simons, James	21 Apr. 1856	Rock Island	Larceny	Pardoned
Williams, Henry	25 Aug. 1856	Rock Island	Possession of counterfeit money	Died
Dodson, John	5 Feb. 1856	Sangamon	Larceny	Pardoned
Hunnewell, Seth	6 Aug. 1855	Sangamon	Larceny	Escaped
Lee, James H.	26 Jan. 1856	Sangamon	Larceny	Pardoned
Copeland, R.S.	19 Jan. 1855	Schuyler	Assault to murder	Pardoned
Jones, Harvey	11 Oct. 1856	Shelby	Manslaughter	Pardoned
Horn, John	22 Nov. 1856	St. Clair	Larceny	Pardoned
Schneider, Anton	18 Aug. 1856	St. Clair	Larceny	Died
Payne, Robert	13 May 1856	Stephenson	Forgery	Pardoned
Williamson, William F.	8 June 1855	U.S. Court	Mail robbery	Died
Borsley, Walter	25 Sep. 1856	Vermilion	Murder	Died
Pennell, Burns G.	22 Feb. 1856	Warren	Rape	Died
(--?--)	7 May 1856	Washington	Rape	Pardoned
Hankins, George W.	3 Apr. 1856	Washington	Assault to murder	Pardoned
Connor, Newman	7 Feb. 1856	White	Burglary	Pardoned
Hill, Joseph	23 Apr. 1856	White	Larceny	Pardoned
Cassell, George	29 Nov. 1856	Whiteside	Obstruction of railroad	Pardoned
Cassell, James	29 Nov. 1856	Whiteside	Obstruction of railroad	Pardoned
Johnson, David L.	12 July 1855	Will	Larceny	Escaped
Qualls, James	6 Apr. 1856	Will	Larceny	Pardoned
Austin, Edward	1 Apr. 1856	Winnebago	Assault to kill and murder	Died
Benjamin, E.W.	3 Apr. 1856	Winnebago	Larceny	Pardoned
Churchill, John	10 Dec. 1855	Winnebago	Larceny	Escaped
Hays, John L.	30 June 1856	Winnebago	Larceny	Pardoned
Lovett, William	4 May 1855	Winnebago	Larceny	Escaped
Shultz, Charles	3 Nov. 1855	Winnebago	Larceny	Died
Hess, John	10 Apr. 1856	Woodford	Larceny	Escaped

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