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William Thompson Pickering

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
18 Mar 1882 (aged 59–60)
Menard, Randolph County, Illinois, USA
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Crittenden Press, dated 25 Aug., 1880, That W.T. Pickering, who was a citizen of the county until the close of the war, has been captured and placed in the Shawneetown, IL jail for a murder committed several years ago. He was once in jail for the same offense but escaped and had been at liberty ever sense until he was recently captured in Texas.

Menard Correctional Facility. Volume 1, p. 21
Date received: 12 Apr 1881
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
William T Pickering, Gallatin County, IL; Crime: Murder; Sentence: 99 yrs; Good time up: 1 Dec 1930; Discharged: 18 March 1882; Died (in prison)Contributor: Heather Ellis Fitzgibbon (47083430) • [email protected]

Died while incarcerated.
Buried in cemetery located on penitentiary property.
Crittenden Press, dated 25 Aug., 1880, That W.T. Pickering, who was a citizen of the county until the close of the war, has been captured and placed in the Shawneetown, IL jail for a murder committed several years ago. He was once in jail for the same offense but escaped and had been at liberty ever sense until he was recently captured in Texas.

Menard Correctional Facility. Volume 1, p. 21
Date received: 12 Apr 1881
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
William T Pickering, Gallatin County, IL; Crime: Murder; Sentence: 99 yrs; Good time up: 1 Dec 1930; Discharged: 18 March 1882; Died (in prison)Contributor: Heather Ellis Fitzgibbon (47083430) • [email protected]

Died while incarcerated.
Buried in cemetery located on penitentiary property.

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