Thank you so very very much for the photo of the Parson Family. What a sad, sad sight. I was raised in Texas County and remember hearing about the murder. I could remember that Jody Hamilton Killed them, but I do not remember why. I have an excerpt from the biography of "Albert and Madge Parmenter Family." It was written by Phyllis Masters, and appeard in "Texas (Mo.) County Heritage," volume 2, page 665. Grandad is Albert Parmenter, Phillis's grandfather. Albert and his two brothers ran a Livery Stable. In 1906, Jody Hamilton killed the Parson family in the Boiling Springs area. He had been arrested by Sheriff Wood and put in the Houston jail. Wood had heard rumors that some of the people of the community were going to break Hamiliton out of jail and give him his just due without a trial. Sheriff Wood sneaked Hamilton from the jail, Grandad was waiting with his best horses to drive them swiftly to Cabool to put Hamilton on a train for safekeeping in the Springfield Jail. Before they reached Cabool, Grandad said he could hear the crowds shouting behind, trying to catch them before they reached the train. In time, Jody Hamilton was hanged on the Houston courthouse lawn for his dirty deeds. An invitation was sent to Grandad to witness the hanging. He didn't go. Bertha M. King Page 275 under Thomas Bryant Cantrell: James Cantrell was elected and served two terms as sheriff of Texas County, also served as deputy and helped to capture Jodiy Hamilton for the murder of the Parson family the Parson Family is buried in Cantrell Cemetery in unmarked graves. From Cantrell Cemetery. Carney Parson, Wife and 3 boys ar burid here without a marker