Deaths in Custody
Executed

Elijah Pearson

46 years old · died September 12, 1947 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Elijah Pearson, 46, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on September 12, 1947.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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