Capt. Wilson Elliott Davis, as he liked to be called was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania to William Davis & Sarah Jane McLellan (1821-1883).
He was Miner most of his life.
He was married to Hessie A McBurney (1848-1942), they married in 1884 and had a daughter F. V, Davis.
Here is a wedding photo of him and his wife who would leave him before he was placed in Folsom.
He had committed murder before, in 1892 in Utah, I found this newspaper clipping.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51974449/capt-wilson-e-davis/
I also found a book written about this crime here are a couple pages.
Here's the link to the book if you would like to read more:
http://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/vtcs1/pdf/ch11-2.pdf
Book: Westwater Lost and Found by Mike Milligan
The Captain really loved having his photo taken, I found all of these lovely babies on Ancestry posted by libertymark.
Here is a letter he wrote to his brother:
One of his photo's above was a postcard he mailed to his wife.
He was a Civil War Solider
Name: Wilson E. Davis
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment: 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (65th Volunteers)
Company: M
Rank In: Sergeant
Rank Out: Second Lieutenant
Film Number: M554 roll 26
He was in a Soldiers home
He had been injured
The newspapers said he would die in prison and the authorities also thought he would. Well back then a Life Sentence was usually ten years with good behavior. He was paroled 14 July 1923. He would die 16 Feb 1925 in beautiful Napa Valley, CA. He was 83 years old.
I am wondering how many others he killed, he was miner in Colorado also. Wouldn't be hard to kill someone back then and shove them down the hole.
Inmate: #28468 Folsom Prison
Rec: 17 May 1914
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
Term: Life
He was Miner most of his life.
He was married to Hessie A McBurney (1848-1942), they married in 1884 and had a daughter F. V, Davis.
Here is a wedding photo of him and his wife who would leave him before he was placed in Folsom.
He had committed murder before, in 1892 in Utah, I found this newspaper clipping.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51974449/capt-wilson-e-davis/
I also found a book written about this crime here are a couple pages.
http://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/vtcs1/pdf/ch11-2.pdf
Book: Westwater Lost and Found by Mike Milligan
The Captain really loved having his photo taken, I found all of these lovely babies on Ancestry posted by libertymark.
Here is a letter he wrote to his brother:
One of his photo's above was a postcard he mailed to his wife.
He was a Civil War Solider
Name: Wilson E. Davis
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment: 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (65th Volunteers)
Company: M
Rank In: Sergeant
Rank Out: Second Lieutenant
Film Number: M554 roll 26
He was in a Soldiers home
He had been injured
The newspapers said he would die in prison and the authorities also thought he would. Well back then a Life Sentence was usually ten years with good behavior. He was paroled 14 July 1923. He would die 16 Feb 1925 in beautiful Napa Valley, CA. He was 83 years old.
I am wondering how many others he killed, he was miner in Colorado also. Wouldn't be hard to kill someone back then and shove them down the hole.
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