1861 - 1896 (34 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
Herman Webster Mudgett |
Born |
16 May 1861 |
Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire |
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Herman Webster Mudgett Birth. Herman Webster Mudgett Birth. |
Gender |
Male |
Also Known As |
Known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or more commonly known as H. H. Holmes. |
Biographical Information |
He was a serial killer. He confessed to 27 murders. Only 9 of them could be confirmed. Some people think he may have murdered as many as 200 people. |
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Holmes Confesses. A newspaper account of Holmes confession. It comes from his Moyamensing prison diary kept at the Library of Congress. The clipping was divided into pieces so it would be small enough to be pasted onto the pages of the Diary. |
Census |
1870 |
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1870 Mudgett. 1870 US census, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, Family Number 96, Mudgett. |
Census |
1880 |
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1880 Mudgett-Lovering. 1880 US census, Loudon, Merrimack, New Hampshire, enumeration district 81, Family Number 304, Mudgett-Lovering. |
Died |
7 May 1896 |
Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Herman Webster Mudgett (AKA H. H. Holmes) Death Record. Herman Webster Mudgett (AKA H. H. Holmes) Death Record. |
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Herman Webster Mudgett Death Certificate. Herman Webster Mudgett Death Certificate. |
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Holmes On The Scaffold. The World, New York, New York, Friday, May 8, 1896 page 3. |
Siblings |
3 siblings |
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Headstones |
Submit Headstone Photo |
Person ID |
I51481 |
Nagel |
Last Modified |
23 May 2020 |
Father |
Levi Horton Mudgett, b. 11 Nov 1827, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire , d. 9 Mar 1911, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 83 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Theodate Page Price, b. 1 Oct 1827, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire , d. 23 Dec 1903, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 76 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Family ID |
F15181 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Clara Lovering, b. Abt 1860, New Hampshire |
Married |
4 Jul 1878 |
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Mudgett-Lovering Marriage. Mudgett-Lovering Marriage. |
Children |
| 1. Robert Lovering Mudgett, b. 3 Feb 1880, Loudon, Merrimack, New Hampshire , d. 3 Nov 1956, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire (Age 76 years) [Birth] |
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Last Modified |
23 May 2020 |
Family ID |
F15209 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Born - 16 May 1861 - Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire |
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 | Died - 7 May 1896 - Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Photos |
 | H. H. Holmes. This picture is the most commonly seen picture of Holmes. It is from his mug shot. |
 | H. H. Holmes H. H. Holmes - Serial killer. |
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