Jefferson County, located in New York's beautiful North Country, has a dark and violent past. During the long winter months, it was not the cold that was feared, but the killers. In 1828, Henry Evans committed a crime so brutal that the location in Brownsville is still called "Slaughter Hill." A real-life "Little Red Riding Hood," eleven-year-old Sarah Conklin met someone far worse than a wolf on her way home from school in 1875. And in 1908, Mary Farmer, a beautiful young mother hacked her neighbor to death and was sent to the electric chair. Author Cheri L. Farnsworth has compiled the storie... Read More
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Jefferson County, located in New York's beautiful North Country, has a dark and violent past. During the long winter months, it was not the cold that was feared, but the killers. In 1828, Henry Evans committed a crime so brutal that the location in Brownsville is still called "Slaughter Hill." A real-life "Little Red Riding Hood," eleven-year-old Sarah Conklin met someone far worse than a wolf on her way home from school in 1875. And in 1908, Mary Farmer, a beautiful young mother hacked her neighbor to death and was sent to the electric chair. Author Cheri L. Farnsworth has compiled the storie... Read More
Jefferson County, located in New York's beautiful North Country, has a dark and violent past. During the long winter months, it was not the cold that was feared, but the killers. In 1828, Henry Evans committed a crime so brutal that the location in Brownsville is still called "Slaughter Hill." A real-life "Little Red Riding Hood," eleven-year-old Sarah Conklin met someone far worse than a wolf on her way home from school in 1875. And in 1908, Mary Farmer, a beautiful young mother hacked her neighbor to death and was sent to the electric chair. Author Cheri L. Farnsworth has compiled the stories of the most notorious criminal minds of Jefferson County's early history.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Murder & Mayhem
Publication Date: 29th April 2011
State: New York
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596298675
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRUE CRIME / Murder / General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Author Bio
Cheri Farnsworth has written the following regional titles (some under the name of Cheri Revai): Haunted Northern New York (vols. 1-4, 2002-10), Haunted Massachusetts (2005), Haunted New York (2005), Haunted Connecticut (2006), Haunted New York City (2008), The Big Book of New York Ghost Stories (2009), Haunted Hudson Valley (2010), Adirondack Enigma: The Depraved Intellect and Mysterious Life of North Country Wife Killer Henry Debosnys (2010), Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County (2010), Murder & Mayhem in St. Lawrence County (2010), Alphabet Killer: The True Story of Rochester's "Double Initial" Murders (2010) and Wicked Northern New York (2011).
She enjoys researching regional history, especially about crime and disaster, and finds the connection between history and the paranormal intriguing as well. Farnsworth is retired and lives in Massena, New York, with her husband, three peculiar cats and one crazy, cuddly Labradoodle.
Jefferson County, located in New York's beautiful North Country, has a dark and violent past. During the long winter months, it was not the cold that was feared, but the killers. In 1828, Henry Evans committed a crime so brutal that the location in Brownsville is still called "Slaughter Hill." A real-life "Little Red Riding Hood," eleven-year-old Sarah Conklin met someone far worse than a wolf on her way home from school in 1875. And in 1908, Mary Farmer, a beautiful young mother hacked her neighbor to death and was sent to the electric chair. Author Cheri L. Farnsworth has compiled the stories of the most notorious criminal minds of Jefferson County's early history.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Murder & Mayhem
Publication Date: 29th April 2011
State: New York
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596298675
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRUE CRIME / Murder / General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Cheri Farnsworth has written the following regional titles (some under the name of Cheri Revai): Haunted Northern New York (vols. 1-4, 2002-10), Haunted Massachusetts (2005), Haunted New York (2005), Haunted Connecticut (2006), Haunted New York City (2008), The Big Book of New York Ghost Stories (2009), Haunted Hudson Valley (2010), Adirondack Enigma: The Depraved Intellect and Mysterious Life of North Country Wife Killer Henry Debosnys (2010), Murder & Mayhem in Jefferson County (2010), Murder & Mayhem in St. Lawrence County (2010), Alphabet Killer: The True Story of Rochester's "Double Initial" Murders (2010) and Wicked Northern New York (2011).
She enjoys researching regional history, especially about crime and disaster, and finds the connection between history and the paranormal intriguing as well. Farnsworth is retired and lives in Massena, New York, with her husband, three peculiar cats and one crazy, cuddly Labradoodle.
