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Last Name: Caldwell
First Name: Shep
Number: 3745
County: McDowell
Age: 25
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 4, 1899
Execution Date: October 10, 1899
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Broadnax
First Name: Frank
Number: 3746
County: McDowell
Age: 29
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 5, 1899
Execution Date: November 9, 1899
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 4 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Walker
First Name: Frank
Number: 3772
County: Fayette
Age:
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: October 26, 1899
Execution Date: December 15, 1899
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 19 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Carter
First Name: George
Number: 3972
County: Kanawha
Age: 42
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: January 19, 1901
Execution Date: March 2, 1902
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 1 month, 11 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Young
First Name: Lewis
Number: 4276
County: McDowell
Age: 31
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 7, 1902
Execution Date: May 1, 1902
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 24 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Mooney
First Name: John
Number: 4207
County: Ohio
Age: 35
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 12, 1901
Execution Date: May 9, 1902
Time Awaiting Execution: 5 months, 27 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Friday
First Name: Frank
Number: 4208
County: Ohio
Age: 48
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 12, 1901
Execution Date: May 9, 1902
Time Awaiting Execution: 5 months, 27 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Christian
First Name: Perry
Number: 4250
County: Fayette
Age: 31
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 3, 1902
Execution Date: June 13, 1902
Time Awaiting Execution: 4 months, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Henry
First Name: State
Number: 4100
County: Wetzel
Age: 22
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 14, 1901
Execution Date: October 24, 1902
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 4 months, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Davis
First Name: Wilfred
Number: 4307
County: Randolph
Age: 21
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: May 8, 1902
Execution Date: June 5, 1903
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 28 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Williams
First Name: George
Number: 5048
County: Jefferson
Age: 21
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: September 2, 1904
Execution Date: September 9, 1904
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 7 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Johnson
First Name: Frank
Number: 6421
County: Harrison
Age: 34
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 2, 1908
Execution Date: July 17, 1908
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 15 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Brown
First Name: Arthur
Number: 6806
County: McDowell
Age: 21
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: May 5, 1909
Execution Date: August 27, 1909
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 22 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Wayne
First Name: Thomas
Number: 7388
County: Fayette
Age: 33
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: October 21, 1910
Execution Date: December 23, 1910
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 1 day
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Stevenson
First Name: Frank
Number: 6125
County: Mercer
Age: 27
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 1, 1907
Execution Date: February 17, 1911
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 years, 6 months, 19 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Cook
First Name: Jesse
Number: 7499
County: McDowell
Age: 24
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: January 27, 1911
Execution Date: March 10, 1911
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 14 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Furbish
First Name: William
Number: 7528
County: Harrison
Age: 28
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: February 11, 1911
Execution Date: March 17, 1911
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Williams
First Name: James
Number: 8336
County: McDowell
Age: 22
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 7, 1913
Execution Date: April 4, 1913
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 28 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Marshall
First Name: John
Number: 8349
County: McDowell
Age: 19
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 7, 1913
Execution Date: April 4, 1913
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 28 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Sterling
First Name: Henry
Number: 8341
County: McDowell
Age: 22
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 10, 1913
Execution Date: April 11, 1913
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 1 day
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Hix
First Name: John
Number: 8356
County: McDowell
Age: 26
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 8, 1913
Execution Date: June 6, 1913
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Green
First Name: Henry
Number: 8659
County: Mingo
Age: 22
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 22, 1913
Execution Date: March 6, 1914
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 12 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Jones
First Name: Silas
Number: 8858
County: Cabell
Age: 25
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 2, 1914
Execution Date: July 10, 1914
Time Awaiting Execution: 4 months, 8 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Stewart
First Name: Will
Number: 9247
County: Greenbrier
Age: 37
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 30, 1915
Execution Date: July 2, 1915
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 2 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Thomas
First Name: Will
Number: 9294
County: Ohio
Age: 41
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 3, 1915
Execution Date: July 2, 1915
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Jarrell
First Name: Mat
Number: 9290
County: Kanawha
Age: 24
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 22, 1915
Execution Date: July 9, 1915
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 17 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Forest
First Name: Charles
Number: 9381
County: McDowell
Age: 36
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: July 27, 1915
Execution Date: September 10, 1915
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 13 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Sutton
First Name: William
Number: 9600
County: Randolph
Age: 24
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 15, 1916
Execution Date: August 4, 1916
Time Awaiting Execution: 19 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Lay
First Name: James
Number: 9681
County: McDowell
Age: 25
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: July 12, 1916
Execution Date: September 1, 1916
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 8 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Ferguson
First Name: Hugh
Number: 10614
County: Morgan
Age: 24
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 25, 1919
Execution Date: August 6, 1919
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 12 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Bragg
First Name: Hugh
Number: 10862
County: Webster
Age: 21
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: January 27, 1920
Execution Date: April 30, 1920
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 3 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Lutz
First Name: Jacob
Number: 10500
County: Taylor
Age: 47
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 16, 1920
Execution Date: July 22, 1921
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 5 months, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Grimm
First Name: Hobart
Number: 11320
County: Brooke
Age: 22
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 6, 1921
Execution Date: August 5, 1921
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Harbor
First Name: Henry
Number: 11556
County: McDowell
Age: 21
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: July 25, 1921
Execution Date: October 7, 1921
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 13 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Williams
First Name: Leroy
Number: 11877
County: Kanawha
Age: 24
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: December 23, 1921
Execution Date: March 3, 1922
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Peyton
First Name: Monroe
Number: 12085
County: Berkeley
Age: 49
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: March 14, 1922
Execution Date: May 4, 1922
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 20 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Barrage
First Name: George
Number: 13227
County: Brooke
Age: 39
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: July 31, 1923
Execution Date: November 2, 1923
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 2 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Ferri
First Name: Dick
Number: 12987
County: Harrison
Age: 26
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 21, 1923
Execution Date: January 4, 1924
Time Awaiting Execution: 8 months, 14 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Connizzaro
First Name: Philip
Number: 12989
County: Harrison
Age: 26
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 21, 1923
Execution Date: January 4, 1924
Time Awaiting Execution: 8 months, 14 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Salanante
First Name: Nick
Number: 12988
County: Harrison
Age: 33
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 14, 1923
Execution Date: January 4, 1924
Time Awaiting Execution: 8 months, 18 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Murtore
First Name: Sam
Number: 12994
County: Harrison
Age: 44
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: December 7, 1923
Execution Date: February 15, 1924
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 9 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: McCoy
First Name: Tiny
Number: 13844
County: Pocahontas
Age: 23
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 12, 1924
Execution Date: September 12, 1924
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Ford
First Name: Robert
Number: 14707
County: Harrison
Age: 24
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 30, 1925
Execution Date: January 29, 1926
Time Awaiting Execution: 6 months, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Sawyer
First Name: Henry
Number: 15287
County: Mingo
Age: 24
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: March 17, 1926
Execution Date: April 19, 1926
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 2 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Euman
First Name: Philip
Number: 15512
County: Harrison
Age: 18
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 22, 1926
Execution Date: August 20, 1926
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Jackson
First Name: Henry
Number: 14949
County: Marshall
Age: 44
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: October 8, 1925
Execution Date: September 10, 1926
Time Awaiting Execution: 11 months, 2 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Jeffries
First Name: Pierce
Number: 15898
County: Greenbrier
Age: 21
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: November 23, 1926
Execution Date: February 18, 1927
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 25 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Swain
First Name: Wesley H.
Number: 16618
County: Wood
Age: 42
Race: White
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: November 12, 1927
Execution Date: February 3, 1928
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 21 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Brady
First Name: Andrew
Number: 15648
County: Hardy
Age: 26
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: September 7, 1926
Execution Date: March 30, 1928
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 6 months, 21 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Fike
First Name: Lawrence
Number: 17299
County: Preston
Age: 24
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 22, 1928
Execution Date: August 10, 1928
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 19 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Brogan
First Name: Henry
Number: 17222
County: Raleigh
Age:
Race: Black
Crime: Rape
Sentencing Date: May 16, 1928
Execution Date: February 8, 1929
Time Awaiting Execution: 8 months, 22 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Carr
First Name: Theadore
Number: 18159
County: Pocahontas
Age: 50
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 18, 1929
Execution Date: June 14, 1929
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 27 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Morrison
First Name: Millard
Number: 18197
County: Kanawha
Age: 23
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 3, 1929
Execution Date: September 13, 1929
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Wilmot
First Name: Walter
Number: 18198
County: Kanawha
Age: 22
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 6, 1929
Execution Date: September 13, 1929
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 7 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Crabtree
First Name: Walter
Number: 19056
County: Hampshire
Age: 37
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 15, 1930
Execution Date: May 9, 1930
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 24 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Darnell
First Name: Rosevelt
Number: 19630
County: Greenbrier
Age: 23
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 8, 1930
Execution Date: November 14, 1930
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Stephens
First Name: Emery
Number: 19758
County: Mingo
Age:
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 7, 1930
Execution Date: February 20, 1931
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 13 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Adams
First Name: Will
Number: 19757
County: Mingo
Age: 40
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 6, 1930
Execution Date: February 20, 1931
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 14 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Hyer
First Name: Frank
Number: 20377
County: Pocahontas
Age: 54
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 13, 1931
Execution Date: June 19, 1931
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Powers
First Name: Harry
Number: 21649
County: Harrison
Age: 39
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: December 12, 1931
Execution Date: March 18, 1932
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Blount
First Name: James
Number: 21886
County: Greenbrier
Age: 32
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 4, 1932
Execution Date: May 13, 1932
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 9 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Brill
First Name: Omer
Number: 23526
County: Hardy
Age: 21
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 30, 1933
Execution Date: August 10, 1933
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 11 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Fraser
First Name: Leo
Number: 23660
County: Jackson
Age: 30
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 19, 1933
Execution Date: November 24, 1933
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 5 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Corey
First Name: Joe
Number: 23444
County: Kanawha
Age: 43
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 11, 1933
Execution Date: December 8, 1933
Time Awaiting Execution: 8 months, 27 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Blankenship
First Name: Greely
Number: 24958
County: Mingo
Age: 29
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: October 15, 1934
Execution Date: January 7, 1935
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 23 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Branch
First Name: Robert
Number: 25496
County: Ohio
Age: 42
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 20, 1935
Execution Date: January 19, 1935
Time Awaiting Execution: 8 months, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Pramesa
First Name: Frank
Number: 27172
County: Brooke
Age: 26
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 12, 1936
Execution Date: April 13, 1937
Time Awaiting Execution: 5 months, 1 day
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Beckner
First Name: Willie
Number: 27685
County: Kanawha
Age: 39
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: April 27, 1937
Execution Date: June 25, 1937
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 28 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Brown
First Name: Mervin
Number: 28045
County: Mercer
Age: 28
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: July 29, 1937
Execution Date: September 10, 1937
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Read
First Name: William B.
Number: 27536
County: Braxton
Age: 25
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: January 6, 1937
Execution Date: November 5, 1937
Time Awaiting Execution: 6 months, 29 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Booth
First Name: Arnett A.
Number: 28256
County: Cabell
Age: 47
Race: White
Crime: Kidnap
Sentencing Date: December 11, 1937
Execution Date: March 21, 1938
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Travis
First Name: John
Number: 28257
County: Cabell
Age: 25
Race: White
Crime: Kidnap
Sentencing Date: December 13, 1937
Execution Date: March 21, 1938
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 8 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Adkins
First Name: Orville
Number: 28258
County: Cabell
Age: 25
Race: White
Crime: Kidnap
Sentencing Date: December 17, 1937
Execution Date: March 21, 1938
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 4 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Styres
First Name: Raymond
Number: 27499
County: Ohio
Age: 28
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 31, 1938
Execution Date: March 13, 1939
Time Awaiting Execution: 11 months, 10 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Hartman
First Name: Byzantine
Number: 30929
County: Upshur
Age: 29
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: May 16, 1940
Execution Date: June 28, 1940
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 12 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Tross
First Name: Paul
Number: 30940
County: Mineral
Age: 40
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: June 11, 1940
Execution Date: December 6, 1940
Time Awaiting Execution: 5 months, 24 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Chambers
First Name: James
Number: 26339
County: Randolph
Age: 23
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 21, 1945
Execution Date: March 30, 1945
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 7 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Turner
First Name: William
Number: 33831
County: Preston
Age: 27
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 3, 1945
Execution Date: December 28, 1945
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 25 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Collins
First Name: Richard
Number: 34138
County: Kanawha
Age: 22
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: May 15, 1946
Execution Date: October 11, 1946
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 26 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Gordon
First Name: William
Number: 34212
County: Mercer
Age: 20
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 16, 1946
Execution Date: January 3, 1947
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 18 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Burton
First Name: Paul W.
Number: 35040
County: Logan
Age: 33
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: October 18, 1947
Execution Date: January 2, 1948
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 15 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: McCauley
First Name: Mark
Number: 34348
County: Mineral
Age: 35
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 18, 1946
Execution Date: January 30, 1948
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 2 months, 12 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Perison
First Name: Mathew
Number: 35482
County: Logan
Age: 31
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: July 7, 1948
Execution Date: September 23, 1948
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 16 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Steed
First Name: Lemuel
Number: 35557
County: Fayette
Age: 28
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 9, 1948
Execution Date: October 15, 1948
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 6 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Peterson
First Name: Bud
Number: 35825
County: Logan
Age: 56
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: January 14, 1949
Execution Date: February 25, 1949
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 11 days
Method of Execution: Hanging

Last Name: Painter
First Name: Fred
Number: 37480
County: Kanawha
Age: 31
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 15, 1951
Execution Date: March 26, 1951
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 11 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Burdette
First Name: Harry
Number: 37481
County: Kanawha
Age: 21
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 15, 1951
Execution Date: March 26, 1951
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 month, 11 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Hewlett
First Name: James
Number: 37398
County: Cabell
Age: 22
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: January 10, 1951
Execution Date: April 10, 1951
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Gardner
First Name: Oschel
Number: 38742
County: Mason
Age: 22
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: February 14, 1953
Execution Date: April 17, 1953
Time Awaiting Execution: 2 months, 3 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Ingram
First Name: Tom
Number: 39207
County: McDowell
Age: 32
Race: Black
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: November 20, 1953
Execution Date: March 27, 1954
Time Awaiting Execution: 4 months, 7 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Hopkins
First Name: Robert
Number: 40669
County: Kanawha
Age: 27
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: May 10, 1956
Execution Date: September 7, 1956
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 28 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Linger
First Name: Eugene
Number: 41432
County: Upshur
Age: 29
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: October 29, 1957
Execution Date: June 5, 1958
Time Awaiting Execution: 7 months, 9 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Fudge
First Name: Larry Paul
Number: 41721
County: Cabell
Age: 25
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: March 31, 1958
Execution Date: July 1, 1958
Time Awaiting Execution: 3 months, 2 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution

Last Name: Bruner
First Name: Elmer D.
Number: 41334
County: Cabell
Age: 41
Race: White
Crime: Murder
Sentencing Date: August 8, 1957
Execution Date: April 3, 1959
Time Awaiting Execution: 1 year, 7 months, 25 days
Method of Execution: Electrocution


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