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When I was growing up, my grammy Emzaella Laird told me stories about her "crazy uncle George." I do not know what sort of "crazy" illness he had, but I did hear that he killed the first husband of his youngest sister, Mabel Eliza Channing, because the husband was beating her.
George was tried by an elderly jury, half of whom fell asleep during the trial. Another relative told me that George's defense was that he had FOUND the brother-in-law already dead. There was no evidence, really, but they convicted him anyway and he spent 7 years in the Colorado State Penitentiary.
After George was released, he went to work for the railroad. He never married and not much is known about him after his incarceration. The family was mortified by it and, I suspect, functionally abandoned him or disowned him. In any case, it appears there was a rift.
Still, George lived a long life, dying at age 72 in Utah, where none of our other relatives lived. I often wonder about George, whether or not he had the bi-polar disorder that plagues some of the family members. Was he so odd that no woman would marry him? Or was he a loner? We will likely never know.
George was 20 years old when his father died. His little sister, Mabel (whose husband he later killed) was only 6, and he was very fond of her, taking on the fatherly role in the family. In the 1910 census, George is living with his mother and little sister Mabel. He is supporting them as a gold miner in Denver.
In about 1914 or so, Mabel married a man whose family owned a nearby drug store. They had more money than the blue-collar miners of the Channing family, and Mabel did not feel at ease in her in-laws house in Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, where she lived for some time.
In 1915, Mabel's only child was born, Dorothy Channing Miller. For some reason, the child was born in Florida, the reason for which I have not discovered. Sometime between 1915 and 1920, crazy uncle George killed Mabel's husband. George is in the penitentiary in the 1920 census, and Mabel is living with her brother Frank.
It is after this time that George disappears from the record. I pray for his poor lonely soul and hope to find out more about him one day.
This is an originally researched and written biographical sketch created by Silver "Rose" Samantha Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Removal of this copyright notice does not invalidate the legal copyright of the author. Unauthorized use of this original work will result in legal fines and fees for theft of intellectual property.
Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
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Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
All rights reserved.
When I was growing up, my grammy Emzaella Laird told me stories about her "crazy uncle George." I do not know what sort of "crazy" illness he had, but I did hear that he killed the first husband of his youngest sister, Mabel Eliza Channing, because the husband was beating her.
George was tried by an elderly jury, half of whom fell asleep during the trial. Another relative told me that George's defense was that he had FOUND the brother-in-law already dead. There was no evidence, really, but they convicted him anyway and he spent 7 years in the Colorado State Penitentiary.
After George was released, he went to work for the railroad. He never married and not much is known about him after his incarceration. The family was mortified by it and, I suspect, functionally abandoned him or disowned him. In any case, it appears there was a rift.
Still, George lived a long life, dying at age 72 in Utah, where none of our other relatives lived. I often wonder about George, whether or not he had the bi-polar disorder that plagues some of the family members. Was he so odd that no woman would marry him? Or was he a loner? We will likely never know.
George was 20 years old when his father died. His little sister, Mabel (whose husband he later killed) was only 6, and he was very fond of her, taking on the fatherly role in the family. In the 1910 census, George is living with his mother and little sister Mabel. He is supporting them as a gold miner in Denver.
In about 1914 or so, Mabel married a man whose family owned a nearby drug store. They had more money than the blue-collar miners of the Channing family, and Mabel did not feel at ease in her in-laws house in Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, where she lived for some time.
In 1915, Mabel's only child was born, Dorothy Channing Miller. For some reason, the child was born in Florida, the reason for which I have not discovered. Sometime between 1915 and 1920, crazy uncle George killed Mabel's husband. George is in the penitentiary in the 1920 census, and Mabel is living with her brother Frank.
It is after this time that George disappears from the record. I pray for his poor lonely soul and hope to find out more about him one day.
This is an originally researched and written biographical sketch created by Silver "Rose" Samantha Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Removal of this copyright notice does not invalidate the legal copyright of the author. Unauthorized use of this original work will result in legal fines and fees for theft of intellectual property.
Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
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This is an originally researched and written biographical sketch created by Silver "Rose" Samantha Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Removal of this copyright notice does not invalidate the legal copyright of the author. Unauthorized use of this original work will result in legal fines and fees for theft of intellectual property.
Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
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When I was growing up, my grammy Emzaella Laird told me stories about her "crazy uncle George." I do not know what sort of "crazy" illness he had, but I did hear that he killed the first husband of his youngest sister, Mabel Eliza Channing, because the husband was beating her.
George was tried by an elderly jury, half of whom fell asleep during the trial. Another relative told me that George's defense was that he had FOUND the brother-in-law already dead. There was no evidence, really, but they convicted him anyway and he spent 7 years in the Colorado State Penitentiary.
After George was released, he went to work for the railroad. He never married and not much is known about him after his incarceration. The family was mortified by it and, I suspect, functionally abandoned him or disowned him. In any case, it appears there was a rift.
Still, George lived a long life, dying at age 72 in Utah, where none of our other relatives lived. I often wonder about George, whether or not he had the bi-polar disorder that plagues some of the family members. Was he so odd that no woman would marry him? Or was he a loner? We will likely never know.
George was 20 years old when his father died. His little sister, Mabel (whose husband he later killed) was only 6, and he was very fond of her, taking on the fatherly role in the family. In the 1910 census, George is living with his mother and little sister Mabel. He is supporting them as a gold miner in Denver.
In about 1914 or so, Mabel married a man whose family owned a nearby drug store. They had more money than the blue-collar miners of the Channing family, and Mabel did not feel at ease in her in-laws house in Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, where she lived for some time.
In 1915, Mabel's only child was born, Dorothy Channing Miller. For some reason, the child was born in Florida, the reason for which I have not discovered. Sometime between 1915 and 1920, crazy uncle George killed Mabel's husband. George is in the penitentiary in the 1920 census, and Mabel is living with her brother Frank.
It is after this time that George disappears from the record. I pray for his poor lonely soul and hope to find out more about him one day.
This is an originally researched and written biographical sketch created by Silver "Rose" Samantha Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Removal of this copyright notice does not invalidate the legal copyright of the author. Unauthorized use of this original work will result in legal fines and fees for theft of intellectual property.
Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
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Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
All rights reserved.
When I was growing up, my grammy Emzaella Laird told me stories about her "crazy uncle George." I do not know what sort of "crazy" illness he had, but I did hear that he killed the first husband of his youngest sister, Mabel Eliza Channing, because the husband was beating her.
George was tried by an elderly jury, half of whom fell asleep during the trial. Another relative told me that George's defense was that he had FOUND the brother-in-law already dead. There was no evidence, really, but they convicted him anyway and he spent 7 years in the Colorado State Penitentiary.
After George was released, he went to work for the railroad. He never married and not much is known about him after his incarceration. The family was mortified by it and, I suspect, functionally abandoned him or disowned him. In any case, it appears there was a rift.
Still, George lived a long life, dying at age 72 in Utah, where none of our other relatives lived. I often wonder about George, whether or not he had the bi-polar disorder that plagues some of the family members. Was he so odd that no woman would marry him? Or was he a loner? We will likely never know.
George was 20 years old when his father died. His little sister, Mabel (whose husband he later killed) was only 6, and he was very fond of her, taking on the fatherly role in the family. In the 1910 census, George is living with his mother and little sister Mabel. He is supporting them as a gold miner in Denver.
In about 1914 or so, Mabel married a man whose family owned a nearby drug store. They had more money than the blue-collar miners of the Channing family, and Mabel did not feel at ease in her in-laws house in Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, where she lived for some time.
In 1915, Mabel's only child was born, Dorothy Channing Miller. For some reason, the child was born in Florida, the reason for which I have not discovered. Sometime between 1915 and 1920, crazy uncle George killed Mabel's husband. George is in the penitentiary in the 1920 census, and Mabel is living with her brother Frank.
It is after this time that George disappears from the record. I pray for his poor lonely soul and hope to find out more about him one day.
This is an originally researched and written biographical sketch created by Silver "Rose" Samantha Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Removal of this copyright notice does not invalidate the legal copyright of the author. Unauthorized use of this original work will result in legal fines and fees for theft of intellectual property.
Copyright (C) 2003 by Silver Parnell
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