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ID: I563548155 Name: Edward FRODSHAM Given Name: Edward Surname: FRODSHAM Sex: M Birth:
10 MAR 1842 in St. Helens Manchester, ENG Death: 20 NOV 1879 in Leadville, Lake, CO Burial: 22 NOV 1879 Leadville,
Lake, CO MARL: 02 MAR 1875 Uintah, Weber, UT
1 Event: Description of Edward FRODSHAM convict Description 06 MAY 1876 Sweetwater County Wyoming
2 Event: Verdict:: Guilty as Charged Leadville Justice Description 1879 Leadville, Lake, CO
3 Event: Ouray Times article Description 29 NOV 1879 Ouray, CO
4 Event: No Cause for Alarm, Justice Alone, The Trouble Description 22 NOV 1879 Leadville, Lake, CO
5 Event: The Carbonate Camp Called Leadville Description 1951 Leadville
6 Residence: History of Lake County, CO 1879 Arkansas Valley, CO
7 Note:
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery Block 14 West half of Lot 9. Leadville CO. Rogers Undertaking.
Hanged by Vigilantes with
a footpad named Stewart. Age 45.
Father: James FRODSHAM
Marriage 1 Margaret "Maggie" Ann BARNARD b: 08 OCT1858 in Farmington, Davis, UT
Children
Three Children FRODSHAM b: in
Sources:
Title: Western States Historical Marriage Record Index
Publication: Family History Center
Text: ID # 197901
Groom's
First Name: Edward
Groom's Last Name: FRODSHAM
Groom's Residence: Evanston, WY
Bride's First Name: Margaret
Bride's
Last Name: BARNARD
Bride's Residence: Corrinne, Box Elder, UT
County of Record: Weber Co UT
Place of Ma
Note:
Comment: Groom born 10 MAR 1842 at St. Hellens (sic) ENGLAND; Bride born 10 AUG 1858 at Farmington, Davis, Utah, Daughter
of John and Margaret: Weber County Ledger, Utah State Archives, Series #09628
Repository:
Author: Prison Records
Title: Description of Edward Frodsham Convict
Publication: Wyoming State Archives
Text:
Page 70
Description of Edward Frodsham Convict
Registered No 69
When Received May 6th 1876
Crime Manslaughter
County
Sweetwater
(Can't read) May
Sentence Ten years
Age 34 years
Nativity England
Occupation Watch maker & Jeweler
Height
Note:
Copy of this was received from the Wyoming State archives. It was hand written and I have copied it as nearly
exact as possible including lack of punctuation.
I also received court records and notes from his trial.
Author: Sherrill Warford
Title: Verdict: Guilty as Charged, Leadville Justice 1879 - 1886
Publication: Silver City
Printing Company
Text: The People vs. Charles Patrick Stewart and Edward Frodsham - 1879......From the History of Lake
County by R. G. Dill
Note:
Mentions Edward Frodsham on pgs., 7 thru 15.
Title: Report of the Leadville hanging
Publication: Ouray Times
Note:
Article printed in the Ouray Times (Ouray,
CO) 11/29/1879
Title: No Cause for Alarm
Publication: Leadville Weekly Herald
Repository:
Author: Don L. & Jean Harvey
Title: The Carbonate Camp Called Leadville
Publication: Griswold
Text: Frodsham
hanged the night of 20 NOV 1879 in Leadville, CO. The night of the Grand opening of the Tabor Opera House.
Also hanged
was a foot pad named Stewart.
Frodsham was the leader of a lot jumping gang.
They were hanged by the local vigilante
organization.
Note:
pp., 171 - 175
Title: Illustrated History of Arkansas Valley, Colorado, 1881
Note: Pages 246, 248, 249, 250 and 386 give descriptions
of the hanging of Edward Frodsham by vigilantes at Leadville Colorado, 1879.
Edward FRODSHAM was born 10 MAR 1842 in St. Helens Manchester, ENG, and died 20 NOV 1879 in Leadville, Lake, CO. He was buried 22 NOV 1879
in Leadville, Lake, CO. He was the son of 2.
James FRODSHAM. He married
Margaret "Maggie" Ann BARNARD, daughter of John Porter BARNARD and Margaret Ann (Anna) FRODSHAM. She was born 08 OCT1858 in Farmington, Davis, UT, and
died Apr 1930 in Salem, OR.
