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John Edward Christmas

Name:: John Edward Christmas
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: false
State:: Illinois
Date Execution:: 1921-10-21
Date Crime:: 1921-04-21
Age:: 27
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: Unknown
County:: Champaign
County FIPS Code:: 17019
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