Individual Details
Denver Parrett
(1 Jul 1916 - 15 Nov 1932)
Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, Wednesday, November 16, 1932, Page 1, Col. 3: Crop Division Causes Killing. Youth Slain Near Mt. Vernon After Tenants and Landlord's Relatives Quarrel Over Ownership of Corn. Three Being Held In Jail.
Mt. Vernon, Ky., Nov. 15 (UP)---One youth was killed and two boys and a man were arrested today following a fight over the division of a crop on a farm at Burr, near here.
Denver Parrett, 16, was shot in the back with a rifle bullet and instantly killed. E. B. Jones, 27, was arrested on a murder warrant; his brother-in-law, M. Lovell, 19, was charged with aiding and abetting and another relatives, James Lawrence, 15, of Hamilton, Ohio, was charged with being an accessory before the fact. All three were placed in jail here and denied the charges.
According to officers who arrested the trio, the Parrett family tenanted a farm owned by Charles Lovell, father of one of the arrested youths. The Parretts were gathering corn when a dispute arose with the other three over its division, officers were told, and the Parretts fled.
Lawrence ran to his home, seized a rifle and started firing, officers said, and Jones then took the weapon and fired a single shot, striking Denver Parrett in the back. The Parretts have eight other children besides Denver.
Lexington Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Monday, September 1, 1933, Page 1, Col. 8: 4 in Family Given Prison Sentences. Special to the Leader. Mt. Vernon, Ky., Sept. 11.--A 52-year-old grandmother and three others in her family were given prison sentences today by a jury in Rockcastle circuit court.
The quartet, tried jointly, was accused of willful murder in connection with the fatal shooting last November of Denver Parrett, 16-year-old son of a tenant on the farm of Elbert Jones, in this county. A quarrel with the tenant's family had resulted over the division of a crop.
Those convicted and sentenced in the case were Mrs. Mary Lovell, three years; her son, Moran Lovell, 19, two years; her grandson, James, 15, two years, and her son-in-law Elbert Jones, 27, 21 years.
The case went to the jury Saturday morning, was taken from the jurors' hands over Sunday and returned to them today. The verdict was returned at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Mt. Vernon, Ky., Nov. 15 (UP)---One youth was killed and two boys and a man were arrested today following a fight over the division of a crop on a farm at Burr, near here.
Denver Parrett, 16, was shot in the back with a rifle bullet and instantly killed. E. B. Jones, 27, was arrested on a murder warrant; his brother-in-law, M. Lovell, 19, was charged with aiding and abetting and another relatives, James Lawrence, 15, of Hamilton, Ohio, was charged with being an accessory before the fact. All three were placed in jail here and denied the charges.
According to officers who arrested the trio, the Parrett family tenanted a farm owned by Charles Lovell, father of one of the arrested youths. The Parretts were gathering corn when a dispute arose with the other three over its division, officers were told, and the Parretts fled.
Lawrence ran to his home, seized a rifle and started firing, officers said, and Jones then took the weapon and fired a single shot, striking Denver Parrett in the back. The Parretts have eight other children besides Denver.
Lexington Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Monday, September 1, 1933, Page 1, Col. 8: 4 in Family Given Prison Sentences. Special to the Leader. Mt. Vernon, Ky., Sept. 11.--A 52-year-old grandmother and three others in her family were given prison sentences today by a jury in Rockcastle circuit court.
The quartet, tried jointly, was accused of willful murder in connection with the fatal shooting last November of Denver Parrett, 16-year-old son of a tenant on the farm of Elbert Jones, in this county. A quarrel with the tenant's family had resulted over the division of a crop.
Those convicted and sentenced in the case were Mrs. Mary Lovell, three years; her son, Moran Lovell, 19, two years; her grandson, James, 15, two years, and her son-in-law Elbert Jones, 27, 21 years.
The case went to the jury Saturday morning, was taken from the jurors' hands over Sunday and returned to them today. The verdict was returned at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Events
| Birth | 1 Jul 1916 | Jackson Co., Kentucky |  | ||
| Death | 15 Nov 1932 | Burr, Rockcastle Co., Kentucky | | ||
| Burial | Unknown | |
Families
| Father | Woodson "Woody" D. Parrett (1889 - 1975) |
| Mother | Lillie Wise (1895 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Dora Parrett (1914 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Parrett (1919 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Dallas Parrett (1921 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Virginia "Ginny" Parrett (1923 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Wiley Parrett (1925 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Manervia Parrett (1927 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Artemas Parrett (1930 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Tilda Marie Parrett (1933 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Gladys Parrett (1935 - 2009) |
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