Emma Hoard

Notes:

1880 census says that both of her parents were born in Pa.

Aunt: Betsy Sumstine

http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/09/emma-stillwell-american-serial-killer.html

Marriage to Benjamin:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V28Y-575

Reported to have had 4 children by her first husband.

[[A murderer:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9402E6DC153DE533A25750C0A9679C94629FD7CF
and
"Mrs. Susan Snyder"
http://fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Cleveland%20NY%20Lakeside%20Press/Cleveland%20NY%20Lakeside%20Press%201880-1930.pdf/Cleveland%20NY%20Lakeside%20Press%201880-1930%20-%200522.PDF

http://njsuttonfamily.org/Newspaper/jan1883.htm
Mrs. Stillwell, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, wife of Jay V. Stillwell, employed on the Chicago, Burlington and Quncy Railroad, last Monday made a confession on her death bed of three murders. She is at the house of relatives in Knox county, O. The first was Benjamin Swegart her first husband, whom she says she killed in Maryville, Mo., in March, 1877, with the aid of her mother and brother. The second was a stranger whom the same parties killed for her money while stopping at a boarding house. The third was her own daughter, aged fourteen years, whom she strangled in the presence of her mother at Rulo, Nebraska, in May 1880. She is dying of consumption.


Must I say it! Mother died by my own hand, and by mine alone! She bad murdered my father; also an illegitimate child sent tohsr to put put of the way. She is said to havedone this deed for pay ? a few dollars.
Sad aided in tbe deeds I have just told you. She had sued the railroad officers for the injury done her; so I despatched her one night with tba hammer which was used in the death of others.
This confession the dying woman made to
the writer, and to Stillwell, ber father-ln-law, and when the substance of this terrible recital was read to her she assented to its truthfulness.

Emma married Benjamin Zweigart on 23 Dec 1872 in Maryville, Nodaway Co, Missouri, USA. Benjamin died in Mar 1877 in Fredericktown, Knox Co, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

Emma married Jay V. Stillwell on 20 Jun 1878 in Rockport, Atchison Co, Missouri, USA. Jay (son of Marion Stillwell) was born about 1857 in Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Charles Stillwell was born about 1875 in Missouri, USA.
2. Gertie Stillwell was born about 1879 in Missouri, USA; died on 11 May 1880 in Rulo, Richardson Co, Nebraska, USA.
3. (Male) Stillwell was born on 11 Apr 1882 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA.

Notes:

Mrs. Susan Snyer, at the time of her death.