tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919678452339591453.post7085171329778225360..comments2023-07-20T08:50:43.257-05:00Comments on Strange Fruit and Spanish Moss: December 7, 1896: Jesse Winner and James NelsonAnne M. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058444764378209954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919678452339591453.post-49936304742575121222020-01-26T11:23:07.082-06:002020-01-26T11:23:07.082-06:00Just came across this while researching my father&...Just came across this while researching my father's side. Jesse winner was my great great great uncle. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621067464798876566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919678452339591453.post-75232539351440311022017-02-03T13:45:16.284-06:002017-02-03T13:45:16.284-06:00The surviving child, Goldie became a ward of the R...The surviving child, Goldie became a ward of the Ray County Poor Farm. There was the original poor farm which I think was near where the murders were committed. All 3 murder victims and Jesse Winner were buried there. I haven't been there, but assume there are no markers as that was common. Goldie died as an adult (50's maybe) while in residence at the 2nd Poor Farm location - now the site of the Ray County Museum and is buried there in what is called Potters Field. Lore says that Goldie survived the murders by hiding in a barrel - some say pickle barrel, some say rain barrel. According to handed down stories, Goldie had hiding places at the County Home as well. If I were her, I would probably always secure a good hiding place as well given what she had witnessed and almost became a victim of. As for the hangings...it's good to know that the law at least tried to prevent them I suppose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07391264425221346371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919678452339591453.post-55446887479134151332016-07-11T07:45:50.085-05:002016-07-11T07:45:50.085-05:00Thank you for reading my blog and commenting. It i...Thank you for reading my blog and commenting. It is horrific that people were lynched just on the claims of another person. I am sorry your ancestor suffered this fate. How lucky you are to have gotten some pictures. I think it is important to remember that these events occurred.Anne M. Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058444764378209954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919678452339591453.post-55426034061016419102016-07-10T09:28:38.225-05:002016-07-10T09:28:38.225-05:00James Nelson was my great-great-great-grandfather....James Nelson was my great-great-great-grandfather. He was married to Elizabeth McCorkendale. The Ray County Historical society sent me pictures. A few were of the crime scene. The other was of the lynching. Photos and postcards were sold to help support Goldie Riser, the daughter from the previous marriage.JustCausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537726555181569476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919678452339591453.post-81722056858803152292016-07-10T09:27:37.684-05:002016-07-10T09:27:37.684-05:00James Nelson was my great-great-great-grandfather....James Nelson was my great-great-great-grandfather. He was married to Elizabeth McCorkendale. The Ray County Historical society sent me pictures. A few were of the crime scene. The other was of the lynching. Photos and postcards were sold to help support Goldie Riser, the daughter from the previous marriage.JustCausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537726555181569476noreply@blogger.com