Cordelia Adelaide (Brown) Botkin (1854-1910)

Cordelia Adelaide Botkin formerly Brown

Born 1854 in United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Richard John Brown Jr. and Lemina (Alderman) Brown

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of Welcome Aplin Botkin — married 26 Sep 1872 in Jackson, Missouri, United States

Mother of Beverly Brown Botkin

Died 7 Mar 1910 at about age 56 in San Quentin, Marin, California, United States

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Biography

Cordelia (Brown) Botkin is Notable.

An American murderer who sent a box of poisoned candy to her ex-lover's wife.

Cordelia Adelaide Brown was born about 1854.^[1] She was a daughter of Richard John Brown Jr. and Lemina Alderman.

Marriage

She married Welcome Alpin Botkin on September 26, 1872 in Jackson, Missouri, United States.^[2] Together they have one son.^[3]

Child

Beverly Brown Botkin

Murder

In August 1898, Cordelia purchased a box of chocolate, poisoned it with arsenic and mailed it to Mary Elizabeth Dunning, the wife of John P. Dunning. On August 11th Mary Elizabeth Dunning and Mrs. Deane ate the chocolates and died.

San Quentin State Prison

Cordelia was imprisoned at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Marin, California, United States on May 19, 1906 for first degree murder.^[4]

Death

Cordelia Adelaide Brown Botkin died March 7, 1910 in San Quentin, Marin, California, United States.^[1] She was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, United States.^[5]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 California Death Index, 1905-1939 Cordelia Botkin, 1910; citing 6968, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
↑ Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920 Welcome A. Botkin and Delia M. Brown, 26 Sep 1872; citing Jackson,Missouri.
↑ United States Census, 1880 Cordell Botkin in household of Welcome Botkin, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 3, sheet 96B.
↑ California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 [database on-line] Ancestry,com California State Archives; Sacramento, California; Department of Corrections San Quentin Prison Inmate Photographs 21469-22087
↑ Find A Grave, memorial page for Cordelia Adelaide Brown Botkin (1854–7 Mar 1910), Find A Grave Memorial no. 65486684, citing Oak Mound Cemetery, Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, USA.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cordelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cordelia: