Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 November 1881

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family.
(8 July 1806)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 21st of November 1881 143 years ago
Child killer Alfred Gough is executed by hanging by William Marwood at the age of 34 in Vernon Street Prison, Derby, Derbyshire, United States. Gough raped and strangled 6-year-old Eleanor Wendle in Brimington on 20 August.