James Tow was born about 1850 in possibly Illinois. I did not find his wife but his step-daughter was Effie A Chamberlin.
Inmate #1434 Washington State Prison
Rec: 18 July 1895
Term: 7 years
Discharged: 24 Feb 1900
His step daughter Effie got married to Charles Monteith on 4 Sep 1895 at the First presbyterian Church in Spokane, WA. Obviously of age to marry.
He did file for a pardon.
I didn't find much on them but I wanted to blog it anyway because of the crime. They called it incest but I feel it might have been statutory rape which wasn't a legal term then. I found several newspaper articles where James asked about his land and if it would still be there for him when he returned.
James was a rancher and I did not find land records. I wonder how much his spread was worth and what livestock he was raising as a rancher.
Someday we will know the rest of the story.
Rec: 18 July 1895
Term: 7 years
Discharged: 24 Feb 1900
His step daughter Effie got married to Charles Monteith on 4 Sep 1895 at the First presbyterian Church in Spokane, WA. Obviously of age to marry.
He did file for a pardon.
I didn't find much on them but I wanted to blog it anyway because of the crime. They called it incest but I feel it might have been statutory rape which wasn't a legal term then. I found several newspaper articles where James asked about his land and if it would still be there for him when he returned.
Someday we will know the rest of the story.
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