Richard Campbell Eoff was the son of Isaac Alexander Eoff and Missouri Ann Campbell, respectively natives of Tennessee and Arkansas. He had a sister, Aldora "Dora" (Eoff) Brumfield and a brother, James Clarence Eoff. Richard Campbell Eoff was born in that part of Carroll Co, Arkansas which later became Boone County.
He married Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Franklin, the daughter of Benjamin L Franklin and Mary Shoat, Nov 26, 1879 in Boone Co, Arkansas. They had no children. They moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co, Arkansas sometime before 1900 where they managed a hotel which soon burned down. Richard was a retail merchant operating a grocery store in Clarksville for many years. In 1920 he was a salemsan at a feed store. Mary Rebecca Franklin died in Clarksville in December of 1922, Richard a month later in January, 1923. Mary Rebecca was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville; it is assumed that Richard Campbell Eoff was buried there also.
Richard Campbell Eoff was referred to as "Turnkey Campbell Eoff" in the many stories about the multi-murderer condemned to die by "Hanging Judge Parker". "Cherokee Bill" attempted an escape from the prison at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and in the process shot and killed one of the guards. This guard and Turnkey Eoff were closing up for the night with Campbell Eoff locking the cells individually. Secretly armed, Cherokee Bill would have killed Turnkey Eoff as well had it not been for the intervention of a third guard who saved his life. When Cherokee Bill was executed by hanging in 1896, it was Turnkey Campbell who sprang the trap. Hundreds of people came to Fort Smith to witness the event. Asked if he had anything to say, Cherokee Bill replied, "I came here to die not to make a speech."
He married Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Franklin, the daughter of Benjamin L Franklin and Mary Shoat, Nov 26, 1879 in Boone Co, Arkansas. They had no children. They moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co, Arkansas sometime before 1900 where they managed a hotel which soon burned down. Richard was a retail merchant operating a grocery store in Clarksville for many years. In 1920 he was a salemsan at a feed store. Mary Rebecca Franklin died in Clarksville in December of 1922, Richard a month later in January, 1923. Mary Rebecca was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville; it is assumed that Richard Campbell Eoff was buried there also.
Richard Campbell Eoff was referred to as "Turnkey Campbell Eoff" in the many stories about the multi-murderer condemned to die by "Hanging Judge Parker". "Cherokee Bill" attempted an escape from the prison at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and in the process shot and killed one of the guards. This guard and Turnkey Eoff were closing up for the night with Campbell Eoff locking the cells individually. Secretly armed, Cherokee Bill would have killed Turnkey Eoff as well had it not been for the intervention of a third guard who saved his life. When Cherokee Bill was executed by hanging in 1896, it was Turnkey Campbell who sprang the trap. Hundreds of people came to Fort Smith to witness the event. Asked if he had anything to say, Cherokee Bill replied, "I came here to die not to make a speech."
Richard Campbell Eoff was the son of Isaac Alexander Eoff and Missouri Ann Campbell, respectively natives of Tennessee and Arkansas. He had a sister, Aldora "Dora" (Eoff) Brumfield and a brother, James Clarence Eoff. Richard Campbell Eoff was born in that part of Carroll Co, Arkansas which later became Boone County.
He married Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Franklin, the daughter of Benjamin L Franklin and Mary Shoat, Nov 26, 1879 in Boone Co, Arkansas. They had no children. They moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co, Arkansas sometime before 1900 where they managed a hotel which soon burned down. Richard was a retail merchant operating a grocery store in Clarksville for many years. In 1920 he was a salemsan at a feed store. Mary Rebecca Franklin died in Clarksville in December of 1922, Richard a month later in January, 1923. Mary Rebecca was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville; it is assumed that Richard Campbell Eoff was buried there also.
Richard Campbell Eoff was referred to as "Turnkey Campbell Eoff" in the many stories about the multi-murderer condemned to die by "Hanging Judge Parker". "Cherokee Bill" attempted an escape from the prison at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and in the process shot and killed one of the guards. This guard and Turnkey Eoff were closing up for the night with Campbell Eoff locking the cells individually. Secretly armed, Cherokee Bill would have killed Turnkey Eoff as well had it not been for the intervention of a third guard who saved his life. When Cherokee Bill was executed by hanging in 1896, it was Turnkey Campbell who sprang the trap. Hundreds of people came to Fort Smith to witness the event. Asked if he had anything to say, Cherokee Bill replied, "I came here to die not to make a speech."
He married Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Franklin, the daughter of Benjamin L Franklin and Mary Shoat, Nov 26, 1879 in Boone Co, Arkansas. They had no children. They moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co, Arkansas sometime before 1900 where they managed a hotel which soon burned down. Richard was a retail merchant operating a grocery store in Clarksville for many years. In 1920 he was a salemsan at a feed store. Mary Rebecca Franklin died in Clarksville in December of 1922, Richard a month later in January, 1923. Mary Rebecca was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville; it is assumed that Richard Campbell Eoff was buried there also.
Richard Campbell Eoff was referred to as "Turnkey Campbell Eoff" in the many stories about the multi-murderer condemned to die by "Hanging Judge Parker". "Cherokee Bill" attempted an escape from the prison at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and in the process shot and killed one of the guards. This guard and Turnkey Eoff were closing up for the night with Campbell Eoff locking the cells individually. Secretly armed, Cherokee Bill would have killed Turnkey Eoff as well had it not been for the intervention of a third guard who saved his life. When Cherokee Bill was executed by hanging in 1896, it was Turnkey Campbell who sprang the trap. Hundreds of people came to Fort Smith to witness the event. Asked if he had anything to say, Cherokee Bill replied, "I came here to die not to make a speech."
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