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McDonald Henderson

died June 22, 1883 · Johnson County, Arkansas

McDonald Henderson, a man, was hanged by rope at Clarksville, Arkansas, on Friday, June 22, 1883, one of three men executed that day, according to the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal. The report gives no information about where he was held before the hanging or how it was carried out. It describes no family, work, or other details of his life, and it records no objections to the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: the newspaper report of the hanging.

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