Inscription: John W. Pinkston Murdered Sept 16 1885 Aged 22YRS 22 D.
He and James Pinkston are buried in the same grave. According to cemetery records they were brothers who were civilians originally buried in the post cemetery at Fort Sidney, Nebraska. When the Army closed the fort, the burials in the post cemetery were moved to Fort McPherson National Cemetery 10 Aug 1922. Apparently, however, the pair were father and son, according to a newspaper article that appeared in The Advocate, Larkin, Kansas, Saturday, 26 September 1885. The article reads "James Pinkston and John Pinkston, father and son, were murdered with an ax in their tent thirty miles from Sidney, Nebraska, the other night, after which their personal effects were stolen. Two men named Reynolds and Menn, who reported the crime to the authorities at Sidney, claiming that it was perpetrated by persons wearing black masks, in the presence of Reynolds, are under arrest and the latter is believed to be the murderer." Jim Reynolds, mentioned in the article, was later convicted of the murders. He was hanged in Nebraska on 21 May 1886.
He and James Pinkston are buried in the same grave. According to cemetery records they were brothers who were civilians originally buried in the post cemetery at Fort Sidney, Nebraska. When the Army closed the fort, the burials in the post cemetery were moved to Fort McPherson National Cemetery 10 Aug 1922. Apparently, however, the pair were father and son, according to a newspaper article that appeared in The Advocate, Larkin, Kansas, Saturday, 26 September 1885. The article reads "James Pinkston and John Pinkston, father and son, were murdered with an ax in their tent thirty miles from Sidney, Nebraska, the other night, after which their personal effects were stolen. Two men named Reynolds and Menn, who reported the crime to the authorities at Sidney, claiming that it was perpetrated by persons wearing black masks, in the presence of Reynolds, are under arrest and the latter is believed to be the murderer." Jim Reynolds, mentioned in the article, was later convicted of the murders. He was hanged in Nebraska on 21 May 1886.
Inscription: John W. Pinkston Murdered Sept 16 1885 Aged 22YRS 22 D.
He and James Pinkston are buried in the same grave. According to cemetery records they were brothers who were civilians originally buried in the post cemetery at Fort Sidney, Nebraska. When the Army closed the fort, the burials in the post cemetery were moved to Fort McPherson National Cemetery 10 Aug 1922. Apparently, however, the pair were father and son, according to a newspaper article that appeared in The Advocate, Larkin, Kansas, Saturday, 26 September 1885. The article reads "James Pinkston and John Pinkston, father and son, were murdered with an ax in their tent thirty miles from Sidney, Nebraska, the other night, after which their personal effects were stolen. Two men named Reynolds and Menn, who reported the crime to the authorities at Sidney, claiming that it was perpetrated by persons wearing black masks, in the presence of Reynolds, are under arrest and the latter is believed to be the murderer." Jim Reynolds, mentioned in the article, was later convicted of the murders. He was hanged in Nebraska on 21 May 1886.
He and James Pinkston are buried in the same grave. According to cemetery records they were brothers who were civilians originally buried in the post cemetery at Fort Sidney, Nebraska. When the Army closed the fort, the burials in the post cemetery were moved to Fort McPherson National Cemetery 10 Aug 1922. Apparently, however, the pair were father and son, according to a newspaper article that appeared in The Advocate, Larkin, Kansas, Saturday, 26 September 1885. The article reads "James Pinkston and John Pinkston, father and son, were murdered with an ax in their tent thirty miles from Sidney, Nebraska, the other night, after which their personal effects were stolen. Two men named Reynolds and Menn, who reported the crime to the authorities at Sidney, claiming that it was perpetrated by persons wearing black masks, in the presence of Reynolds, are under arrest and the latter is believed to be the murderer." Jim Reynolds, mentioned in the article, was later convicted of the murders. He was hanged in Nebraska on 21 May 1886.
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