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James Donnelly then went into hiding. Almost two years later, James turned himself in to Jim Hodgins, a sympathetic Justice of the Peace. [5] James was sentenced to be hanged on September 17, 1859. A petition for clemency started by his wife Johannah caused his sentence to be reduced to seven years in Kingston Penitentiary.
Oct 30, 2014 · They staked a claim and built their homestead on Lot 18 of the sixth concession of Biddulph Township in the spring of 1847. By the spring of 1880, The Black Donnelly homestead was a pile of burnt rubble. James, Johannah and some of their children also lay in the rubble, having been murdered by their neighbors (although no one has ever be found ...
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The feud escalated in 1857 when James Sr. killed Patrick Farrell, a man involved in a dispute over the land the Donnelly clan had illegally called home. While James Sr. spent time at the Kingston Penitentiary for the crime, his seven sons grew into manhood. They eventually earned a sullied reputation of their own.
The Black Donnelly story came to a brutal end in the early hours of February 4th, 1880 when a group of vigilantes, members of the “Biddulph Peace Society,” fell upon the Donnelly family homestead. Late in the night, there was a knock at the door. James answered and went to meet their visitors.
A vigilante group, consisting of members of the local community, attacked the Donnelly homestead. James Donnelly, his wife Johannah, their sons Thomas and John, and a niece, Bridget Donnelly, were killed. The perpetrators of the massacre were later tried, but none were convicted. Born: March 7, 1816.
- Canadian, Irish
- March 7, 1816
- Ireland
- February 4, 1880
After much dispute, the Farrell and Donnelly families went to court, and it was decided tha t it would be equally divided 50 acres going to Farrell and 50 to the Donnellys. Later, at a community logging bee a fight broke out between Farrell and James Sr. Donnelly. The result was bloody. Patrick Farrell was killed and James Sr. was accused of ...
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Heaven and Hell on Earth: The Massacre of the"Black Donnellys". Donnelly, James Sr. James Donnelly, born in Ireland about 1816, married Johannah (Judith) Magee in Ireland in 1840. In 1841 Johannah gave birth to their first child, James Jr.. Not long after, James decided to move his family to Canada where he fathered seven additional children.
