Murdered by John Q. Pinkham
New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947
Name: Mariam Bickford
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1836
Spouse: Hiram Berry
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mariam Berry
Age in 1870: 53
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1870: New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Hiram Berry
Inferred Children:
Jennie M Berry
Household Members Age
Hiram Berry 57
Mariam Berry 53
Jennie M Berry 31
Lucinda Bickford 70
New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949
Name: Mariam Berry [Mariam Bickford]
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birth Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Date: 9 Jan 1878
Death Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Age: 61
Marital Status: Widowed
Father Name: John Bickford
Mother Name: Mariam Bickford
Clerk Locality: New Durham, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
Cause of Death: Murdered by John Q. Pinkham
FHL Film Number: 1001064
Mrs. Marian Berry of New Durham, N.H., a widow lady, aged 65, was shot and killed in her own house and in the presence of her family by a man who had been employed by her to do some chopping. There had been a dispute about the payment and Pinkham , who was under the influence of liquor, entered the room and, after a few words, shot her through the head. Later he was found about a mile down the road with his throat cut. His wound is not fatal.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 10 Jan 1878, Thu., Page 2
John Pinkham, executed at Concord, N.H., for the murder of Mrs. Marian Berry, near Durham on January 9, 1878. He was a farm hand and rather weak minded, and had a quarrel with Mrs. Berry for whom he worked about a small sum of money, and after the quarrel withdrew, got his shotgun, and returning, shot Mrs. Berry through the heart. He expressed a willingness to die for his crime. He died without a struggle, his neck being broken.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Tue., Dec 30, 1879, page 11
New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947
Name: Mariam Bickford
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1836
Spouse: Hiram Berry
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mariam Berry
Age in 1870: 53
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1870: New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Hiram Berry
Inferred Children:
Jennie M Berry
Household Members Age
Hiram Berry 57
Mariam Berry 53
Jennie M Berry 31
Lucinda Bickford 70
New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949
Name: Mariam Berry [Mariam Bickford]
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birth Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Date: 9 Jan 1878
Death Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Age: 61
Marital Status: Widowed
Father Name: John Bickford
Mother Name: Mariam Bickford
Clerk Locality: New Durham, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
Cause of Death: Murdered by John Q. Pinkham
FHL Film Number: 1001064
Mrs. Marian Berry of New Durham, N.H., a widow lady, aged 65, was shot and killed in her own house and in the presence of her family by a man who had been employed by her to do some chopping. There had been a dispute about the payment and Pinkham , who was under the influence of liquor, entered the room and, after a few words, shot her through the head. Later he was found about a mile down the road with his throat cut. His wound is not fatal.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 10 Jan 1878, Thu., Page 2
John Pinkham, executed at Concord, N.H., for the murder of Mrs. Marian Berry, near Durham on January 9, 1878. He was a farm hand and rather weak minded, and had a quarrel with Mrs. Berry for whom he worked about a small sum of money, and after the quarrel withdrew, got his shotgun, and returning, shot Mrs. Berry through the heart. He expressed a willingness to die for his crime. He died without a struggle, his neck being broken.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Tue., Dec 30, 1879, page 11
Murdered by John Q. Pinkham
New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947
Name: Mariam Bickford
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1836
Spouse: Hiram Berry
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mariam Berry
Age in 1870: 53
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1870: New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Hiram Berry
Inferred Children:
Jennie M Berry
Household Members Age
Hiram Berry 57
Mariam Berry 53
Jennie M Berry 31
Lucinda Bickford 70
New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949
Name: Mariam Berry [Mariam Bickford]
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birth Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Date: 9 Jan 1878
Death Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Age: 61
Marital Status: Widowed
Father Name: John Bickford
Mother Name: Mariam Bickford
Clerk Locality: New Durham, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
Cause of Death: Murdered by John Q. Pinkham
FHL Film Number: 1001064
Mrs. Marian Berry of New Durham, N.H., a widow lady, aged 65, was shot and killed in her own house and in the presence of her family by a man who had been employed by her to do some chopping. There had been a dispute about the payment and Pinkham , who was under the influence of liquor, entered the room and, after a few words, shot her through the head. Later he was found about a mile down the road with his throat cut. His wound is not fatal.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 10 Jan 1878, Thu., Page 2
John Pinkham, executed at Concord, N.H., for the murder of Mrs. Marian Berry, near Durham on January 9, 1878. He was a farm hand and rather weak minded, and had a quarrel with Mrs. Berry for whom he worked about a small sum of money, and after the quarrel withdrew, got his shotgun, and returning, shot Mrs. Berry through the heart. He expressed a willingness to die for his crime. He died without a struggle, his neck being broken.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Tue., Dec 30, 1879, page 11
New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947
Name: Mariam Bickford
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1836
Spouse: Hiram Berry
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mariam Berry
Age in 1870: 53
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1870: New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse:
Hiram Berry
Inferred Children:
Jennie M Berry
Household Members Age
Hiram Berry 57
Mariam Berry 53
Jennie M Berry 31
Lucinda Bickford 70
New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949
Name: Mariam Berry [Mariam Bickford]
Birth Date: abt 1817
Birth Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Date: 9 Jan 1878
Death Place: New Durham, New Hampshire
Death Age: 61
Marital Status: Widowed
Father Name: John Bickford
Mother Name: Mariam Bickford
Clerk Locality: New Durham, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
Cause of Death: Murdered by John Q. Pinkham
FHL Film Number: 1001064
Mrs. Marian Berry of New Durham, N.H., a widow lady, aged 65, was shot and killed in her own house and in the presence of her family by a man who had been employed by her to do some chopping. There had been a dispute about the payment and Pinkham , who was under the influence of liquor, entered the room and, after a few words, shot her through the head. Later he was found about a mile down the road with his throat cut. His wound is not fatal.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 10 Jan 1878, Thu., Page 2
John Pinkham, executed at Concord, N.H., for the murder of Mrs. Marian Berry, near Durham on January 9, 1878. He was a farm hand and rather weak minded, and had a quarrel with Mrs. Berry for whom he worked about a small sum of money, and after the quarrel withdrew, got his shotgun, and returning, shot Mrs. Berry through the heart. He expressed a willingness to die for his crime. He died without a struggle, his neck being broken.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Tue., Dec 30, 1879, page 11
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