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Name Elroy Kent Age 2 Birth Date Abt 1878 Birthplace Vermont Home in 1880 Mount Tabor, Rutland, Vermont, USA Dwelling Number 57 Race White Gender Male Relation to Head of House Son Marital Status Single Father's Name George Kent Father's Birthplace Vermont Mother's Name Caroline Kent Mother's Birthplace Vermont Cannot Read Yes Cannot Write Yes Neighbors View others on page Household members Name Age George Kent 28 Caroline Kent 25 Belle Kent 5 Elroy Kent 2
Name Leroy Kent Age 23 Birth Date 1877 Birthplace Vermont, USA Home in 1900 Waterbury, Washington, Vermont House Number 3 Sheet Number 4 Institution Vermont State Hospital For the Insane Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation 1 Family Number 2 Race White Gender Male Marital Status Single Father's Birthplace Vermont, USA Mother's Birthplace Vermont, USA Can Read Y Can Write Y Can Speak English Y Neighbors View others on page Household members Name Age Leroy Kent 23
Name Elroy Kent Age in 1910 30 Birth Date 1880 Birthplace Vermont Home in 1910 Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, USA Sheet Number 17a Street State Street Race White Gender Male Relation to Head of House Prisoner Marital Status Single Father's Birthplace Vermont Mother's Birthplace Vermont Native Tongue English Occupation Tailor Industry Tailor Shop Able to read Y Able to Write Y Enumeration District Number 0290 Enumerated Year 1910 Neighbors View others on page Household members Name Age Sarah J Duckel 61 Frank Beaudry 25 Frederick Eastwood 68 David B Sherman 23 Frank E Bickford 35 Joseph W Moulton 35 Fred Lovell 23 John L Edwards 40 William H Woods 23 Jerry M Smith 29 John A Devine 27 Tony Carr 52 William Howard 29 William Ryder 31 Joseph Lebrun 30 William Trayak 20 Jerry M Downey 61 Adelbert Martin 36 Ira W Downing 33 Ralph Swagerty 32 Albert Downin 31 Archie L St Peters 25 George C Phillips 37 James J Congdon 28 Oliver F Germain 27
Death — 1912 5 July 1912 Windsor, Vermont, USA He died at the age of 35.
1912 - ROPE BREAKS AT HANGING. Accident Mars Vermont Execution, but Slayer of Girl Died Swiftly.
WINDSOR, Vt., Jan.5. - Elroy Kent was hanged in the State Prison here to-day for the murder of Delia B. Congdon, a deaf mute, in her home in East Wallingford, three and a half years ago. Although the rope broke, and the body fell to the floor, Dr. S. E. McKerven, the prison physician, said he died almost instantly.
The trap was released at 1:18 P. M., when six deputy sheriffs each pushed a button. One of them released the trap.
The statement was issued by Dr. McKerven after the execution: Owing to an unavoidable accident which no one was responsible for, the condemned man's neck was only partially broken by the fall. But he suffered no conscious thought and died from the shock.
Birth — 1877
Death — 1912
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