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Belinda Whitney Gates
1843 - 1938 (~ 94 years)-
Name Belinda Whitney Gates Birth Dec 1843 Mendon, Monroe County, New York 
Gender Female Death 5 Oct 1938 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Burial Bennettville Cemetery, Logan Twp, Aitkin County, Minnesota Notes - Belinda was accused and convicted of murdering her husband in July 1878. She and her accomplice, Frank Dickerson, were both sentenced to life in prison in December 1878. In 1880 she was in the Janesville Jail and her children were living with their Uncle Ambrose Gates in Turtle, WI. There is a newspaper article in Sep 1881 that states she was going have a re-trail in the Circuit Court in Jefferson County (I don't have all the newspapers for this era, so I don't know what became of this, but apparently, she was acquitted as she is marrying a key witness in 1884).
- Will wonders never cease, Mrs.Belinda W. Mack, of the Mack murder fame, was married on June 5th to Joe Watsie, the German boy, who was one of the principal witnesses in the case. The marriage certificate was filed in the office of register of deeds yesterday - Janesville Recorder.
(The Watertown Republican, Wednesday, July 30, 1884)
- Belinda moved to California from Minnesota, after the death of her second husband about 1918.
- Living in Watts, Los Angeles Co., Calif in 1922 as a registered voters in the Progressive Party (as is her daughter, Beatrice)
Person ID I19875 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 19 Feb 2022
Father Ambrose A. Gates, b. 3 Aug 1803, Mendon, Monroe County, New York d. 5 Dec 1849, Jefferson County, Wisconsin (Age 46 years) Mother Anna Hartman, b. 1808, Dansville, Livingston County, New York d. 24 Feb 1897, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 89 years) Marriage Abt 1827 New York Family ID F2868 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 George H. Mack, b. 1841, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania d. 14 Jul 1878, Turtle, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 37 years) Marriage 22 Oct 1863 Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin Children + 1. Ethel Anna Mack, b. 26 Sep 1865, Rock County, Wisconsin d. 18 Jul 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Age 71 years)2. Bernice Mack, b. Feb 1873, Turtle, Rock County, Wisconsin 3. Beatrice L. Mack, b. 25 Jan 1876, Turtle, Rock County, Wisconsin d. 1 Aug 1972, Los Angeles County, California (Age 96 years)Family ID F7170 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Feb 2022
Family 2 Joseph F. Watsic, b. 25 Jan 1860, Austria d. 24 Feb 1917, Maple Grove, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 57 years) Marriage 5 Jun 1884 Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin Family ID F7507 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Belinda was accused and convicted of murdering her husband in July 1878. She and her accomplice, Frank Dickerson, were both sentenced to life in prison in December 1878. In 1880 she was in the Janesville Jail and her children were living with their Uncle Ambrose Gates in Turtle, WI. There is a newspaper article in Sep 1881 that states she was going have a re-trail in the Circuit Court in Jefferson County (I don't have all the newspapers for this era, so I don't know what became of this, but apparently, she was acquitted as she is marrying a key witness in 1884).
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Birth - Dec 1843 - Mendon, Monroe County, New York 
Marriage - 22 Oct 1863 - Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin 
Marriage - 5 Jun 1884 - Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin 
Death - 5 Oct 1938 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 
Burial - - Bennettville Cemetery, Logan Twp, Aitkin County, Minnesota = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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