Dolly, Horace

Birth Name Dolly, Horace
Gender male
Age at Death about 30 years, 5 months, 28 days

Narrative

USA Census, 1850
Name: Horace Dolly
Event Place: Stark county, Stark, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birthplace: New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
House Number: 466
Family Number: 489
Line Number: 34
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 129
GS Film number: 442917
Digital Folder Number: 004181046
Image Number: 00075
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Horace Dolly M 28 New York
Abigail Dolly F 28 New Jersey
William W Dolly M 3 Iowa
Henry H Dolly M 1 Missouri
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The Cornoyer and Moreland family diaries speak of this ideology when they relate their experiences in a wagon train coming to Oregon. On Wednesday, June 30, 1852 the train passed seven graves in one day. That day the wagon train left two additional graves of its own. The inscription on the first grave read: "Charles Botsford; murdered June 28, 1852. The murderer lies in the next grave." Several feet away, the second inscription read: "Horace Dolly, hung June 29, 1852."

These family diaries describe the mechanics of the murderer's trial and execution. The group chose two men to serve: a judge—a man respected and admired: and a sheriff—a man with enough physical strength and vigor to implement whatever punishment might be necessary. The judge and sheriff chose a twelve-man jury. The jury heard the evidence, departed a safe distance to reach their decision and returned twenty minutes later with their verdict. After Dolly was declared guilty, a crude scaffold was immediately constructed by pushing two wagons together. The immigrants looped a noose around the convicted man's neck and he was pushed off the wagon seat. He strangled to death while the audience watched.
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At Devil's Gate, Abigail Scott saw another pair of boards:" Two graves together: "Charles Botsford murdered June 28th 1852. . . "Horace Dolly hung June 29th 1852."

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1822 New York, USA    
Death 29 June 1852 Natrona Co., Wyoming, USA    

Cause: Execution by hanging

Residence 1850 Stark Co., Illinois, USA    

Families

Family of Dolly, Horace and Cunningham, Abigail Dolly

Married Wife Cunningham, Abigail Dolly ( * about 1822 + after 1879 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 13 March 1844 South Bend, St Joseph Co., Indiana, USA    
  Narrative

Indiana, Marriages
Name: Horace Dolly
Event Date: 13 Mar 1844
Event Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana
Registration Place: , St. Joseph, Indiana
Marriage License Date: 09 Mar 1844
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Abagail Cunningham
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: Morris Frost
Page: 350
GS Film number: 001503389
Digital Folder Number: 005206291
Image Number: 00652
Number of Images: 1

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Dolly, William Wabout 1847
Dolly, Henry Jabout 1849
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
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Attributes

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