tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post9069161107582185875..comments2023-10-19T08:34:33.350-07:00Comments on The Chaos Of Death: Jodie Hamilton and Mourning PhotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-77457459530176985262018-05-16T17:52:29.619-07:002018-05-16T17:52:29.619-07:00I am related to this family. My great grandmas fam...I am related to this family. My great grandmas family (from a very long time ago) found the bodies in the river, then got to the police. And now my dad's dad and My Great grandmas daughter are now elderly and married. My great grandma's last name use to be Baites, And then way after this, her name changed to wohlwend after she married my great grandpa. His last name was wohlwend. So Mr. Hamilton was the last person to be hung right after that people weren't aloud to hang people for punishmentsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374180726514295843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-20272870600085663572017-08-24T17:00:49.957-07:002017-08-24T17:00:49.957-07:00here is a link with the Taylor Meek story http://r...here is a link with the Taylor Meek story http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molinn/meeks.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-47847929812133815762016-09-28T17:56:52.636-07:002016-09-28T17:56:52.636-07:00Wow,this history is so amazing to hear about. Just...Wow,this history is so amazing to hear about. Just makes me want to learn more and more!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295867521208260879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-43406720236650931122016-06-13T07:34:15.832-07:002016-06-13T07:34:15.832-07:00I'm not at all linked to this story but fascin...I'm not at all linked to this story but fascinated by the response from people who are. Thank you all for sharing. I look at those darling little boys and am deeply saddened. Please if possible continue this story. And thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-9845748971793751892016-06-08T16:39:35.735-07:002016-06-08T16:39:35.735-07:00William and George Taylor were the uncles of Jody ...William and George Taylor were the uncles of Jody Hamilton it's The Gas light Murders and it happened in Missouri as well. They killed The Meeks Family.Nellie Meeks was the only surviving child and it happened May 10,1894. This also happend outside and outside their horses and buggy. Nellie Meeks was 6 yrs old,and she played dead.They killed her father, mother, her 4 year old sister Hattie and her 18 month old sister Mary. Her mother Delora was pregnant and the fetus came out because of her death. Nellie was raised by her Maternal grandmother. Nellie married and gave birth to a daughter she named Hattie (after her little sister ) and Nellie died from complications of giving birth to Hattie in 1910.Baby girl 77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-5920875646776129592016-04-19T12:12:34.183-07:002016-04-19T12:12:34.183-07:00I just found out about the Hamilton hanging yester...I just found out about the Hamilton hanging yesterday. I did my DNA through ancestry, and a relative found me, and said we are related. I haven't figured out how, as I just started to piece it together and found this. I'm guessing a distant cousin, but I'm still working on it. Found this very interesting. Thank you.<br />~Michelle in KCMichelleGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-90560213576827454362015-12-06T16:37:26.872-08:002015-12-06T16:37:26.872-08:00I am Harold Wood the grandson of Aaron Wood of Tex...I am Harold Wood the grandson of Aaron Wood of Texas County Missouri that hung Jodie Hamilton. Jodie Hamilton killed the Parson family in the Big Piney Massacre. You can contact me by email through Krystal.jones@chickasaw.net Harold Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853361405040506865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-18885560273861348422015-10-22T17:35:16.560-07:002015-10-22T17:35:16.560-07:00Does anyone know the name of the judge who sentenc...Does anyone know the name of the judge who sentenced Jodie to hang?Mel Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086964882166356635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-38030893583881875632015-04-24T23:26:51.402-07:002015-04-24T23:26:51.402-07:00P.s.- I also did some research concerning the post...P.s.- I also did some research concerning the post which was above mine. In that comment the writer stated that Jodie had 2 uncles who committed murder in Ohio, with one hanged and one escaping. I researched the name Hamilton, and the name Taylor, which was Jodie's mother's maiden name. No one by either of those names was hanged in Ohio during the appropriate time period. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-67311703769944038842015-04-23T00:51:25.189-07:002015-04-23T00:51:25.189-07:00I'd like to know more about Jodie's uncles...I'd like to know more about Jodie's uncles. Were they paternal uncles? What time period were the murders committed? Here's some additional information, in case anyone is interested. I wondered what happened to, "Mae Thompson," Jodie's fiancée. If you remember, Jodie confessed that he intended to murder her too, because, he said, he would, "...rather have her dead than to know, (that he had killed the Parsons family), and stop loving him." Her name was actually Leona May Thompson, daughter of Rebecca Ann Thompson and Edd Thompson. One newspaper account gives her age as 16, but she was born on July 3, 1883, so she was 23 at the time of the murders. May fainted in her father's arms, according to witnesses, when the rope failed to hang Jodie the first time. May recovered and married Harry E. Campbell, (19 March 1887-21 September 1950), on December 15, 1907, at Gentry, Missouri. She and Harry lived in Parkville, Missouri, Platte County, where she worked as a house worker. She died of cervical cancer on July 28, 1949, at Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, having suffered with the disease three years before succumbing to it. Her husband Harry was killed in a car accident in Oklahoma while traveling en route to a vacation in Arizona just over a year after burying May. His brother was driving the car and he and his wife were also killed. May and Harry are buried side by side at the Union Star Cemetary, Union Star, DeKalb County, Missouri. Jodie was buried in an unmarked grave next to his mother. When his casket was found to be too long for the hole in the ground, cemetery workers used a pick ax to knock part of the casket end off, thereby allowing them to jump on the casket and ultimately fit Jodie's remains into his grave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-84245934686281919552015-02-11T10:22:21.181-08:002015-02-11T10:22:21.181-08:00Anonymous can you please give me more information ...Anonymous can you please give me more information about Jodie's two uncles....I am Jodie's great-nephew and I have never came across that information in my travels through the family tree. My email is hwhamiltonboy@msn.com. Thanks. Harold HamiltonHarold W. Hamiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-55143001449688551332014-05-25T11:17:35.393-07:002014-05-25T11:17:35.393-07:00Did you know that Jodie Hamilton had 2 uncles tha...Did you know that Jodie Hamilton had 2 uncles that committed a crime just like this . In ohio I think it was they killed a family and tried to cover it up and burned the house down after the murders. But they was caught because one of the children escaped the burning home . That they thought she was dead. Anyways when they were in jail awaiting trial they escaped , one was caught and hanged and the other one was never seen again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-46534419447418867112014-04-22T19:22:35.178-07:002014-04-22T19:22:35.178-07:00Hello, My name is Robert Wood III. I am the great ...Hello, My name is Robert Wood III. I am the great great great grandson of Aaron Wood. I have in my possession the actual rope used in this story, as well as newspaper, pics, and the double barrel shotgun that Aaron carried. If any other photos or stories I would love to hear them. Thank you and feel free to email any additional info.RDWood IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661048267744775205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-35775695796476591782013-08-01T18:42:24.705-07:002013-08-01T18:42:24.705-07:00Hello and thank you for all the info. Bare with me...Hello and thank you for all the info. Bare with me because I am completely new to the whole idea of "Victorian Era:Hidden mothers & post-Morten pictures" I have been on my computer researching going on 6 hours now since I came across it earlier today. Whats worse, I found it because I was thinking of having a "Victorian Themed" Wedding.... Talk about throw that idea away. Anyway my question to you is who took the picture of the deceased family and why? That is really got me wondering and now I must know. Also, for someone like me, finding your website has helped me to sort through the facts and lies that infect the internet; so thank you very much. Your work is appreciated. At least you have documents that back your story up and even family of the the people in the story commenting on your blog. Thank you for just telling it straight (as if more need be added) because other blogs I have found have added so many lies to the story that even I knew they were telling a lie. Two thumbs way up.BossyBlondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810294127580196544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-77783148849327861272013-07-28T15:35:16.338-07:002013-07-28T15:35:16.338-07:00I am actually related to the people in this photog...I am actually related to the people in this photograph. The man, Carney Parson, is my Grandmothers great uncle. According to her, the murders were a result of an argument over a saddle. My Grandmother has an original copy of this photo and I have seen it several times growing up, but its not till recently that I realized it was such a widely viewed tragedy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-89978250368918994402011-12-17T23:30:26.011-08:002011-12-17T23:30:26.011-08:00So, this was pretty interesting to find because Jo...So, this was pretty interesting to find because Jodie Hamilton is the great uncle of a close friend of my family. His dad still has three photos of the hanging and the photo of the family...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-53362004242629999412011-10-20T11:20:22.413-07:002011-10-20T11:20:22.413-07:00Oh, and also there is a song. My Mom used to sing...Oh, and also there is a song. My Mom used to sing it to us when we were little. I can still hear her singing but can't remember the words but the words were published in the newspapers back then and it was (I believe) his apology to the town.Juie B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-44304955798852780402011-10-20T11:18:30.922-07:002011-10-20T11:18:30.922-07:00My Grandfathers family album had that picture in i...My Grandfathers family album had that picture in it's original state plus another pic of Jodie Hamilton standing in front of a jail cell. I have done the same research getting the newspaper copies from the historical society. I felt like my family was somehow connected having these photos. They lived right there. Please e-mail me if you can add anything. ldyjul@yahoo.comJulie B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-19175093530235286862010-03-11T10:59:13.235-08:002010-03-11T10:59:13.235-08:00I was just looking up my dads name on the internet...I was just looking up my dads name on the internet he was sheriff of Sterling city Texas for over 32 years and then I find that there was a man with the same name standing on the hanging podium, Just thought i would share that because it is a little unnerving.julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-70452159941983272502010-02-08T14:38:41.008-08:002010-02-08T14:38:41.008-08:00I've been talking with my grandmother, and the...I've been talking with my grandmother, and there is a very good possibility...or bad however you look at it, that I am related tho this Jodie Hamilton. I'd like to know more on him if at all possible. I'm leaving my email in case someone wants to give me more info.DotLadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-61919467841958234682009-04-27T14:04:00.000-07:002009-04-27T14:04:00.000-07:00I am currently writing a book about the Parsons fa...I am currently writing a book about the Parsons family murder. I would like to contact Robert Wood, Jr. for any information about Sheriff Aaron Wood; and Anonymous about the great-grandfather lent Jodie the team of horses. If anyone has any family stories about this, I would love to hear from you. Contact me at: "rjgunter [at] atlanticbb.net" (replace the [at] with '@').Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-18027792801865350972008-12-31T11:35:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:35:00.000-08:00I,m the great,grandson of Sheriff Aaron Wood. The ...I,m the great,grandson of Sheriff Aaron Wood. The man that hung Jodie Hamilton. My name is Robert Wood Jr.Ihave the rope which he was hung withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-6808502884984588482008-09-08T20:59:00.000-07:002008-09-08T20:59:00.000-07:00Im actually writing a paper on jodie hamilton. Im ...Im actually writing a paper on jodie hamilton. Im from Houston mo, and I had no clue that this story made its way to the new york times. I am some how actually linked to this story because my great great great grandfather lent jodie a team of horses and a buggy. Later on he found out that it was used to take the bodies down to big piney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-42775371399487629932008-08-11T14:40:00.000-07:002008-08-11T14:40:00.000-07:00I just came across this while doing research on a ...I just came across this while doing research on a local legend I heard as a child growing up in Raymondville, Missouri. My grandfather who was 17 in 1906, personally witnessed Joseph 'Jody' Hamilton's execution.<BR/><BR/>I had no idea mourning photos were still done in 1906. Thank you for posting this bittersweet photo and the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200349813859341302.post-43179132215923437052008-03-19T19:16:00.000-07:002008-03-19T19:16:00.000-07:00Great story. Also, like you pointed out, there def...Great story. Also, like you pointed out, there defiantly more photos of the dead then just mourning. evidence, political, fear mongering. The list could go on and on and on....<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there is a song about the Parson family. It would make a great murder ballad. <BR/><BR/>Also, the story of the gravedigger's strike would make a wonderfully absurd union ballad.pbsebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020150611903057213noreply@blogger.com