Henry Clay St. John, Lawyer that murdered his wife

1853 - 1896  (43 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Henry Clay St. John
  Suffix	Lawyer that murdered his wife
  Nickname	Harry and H.C.
  Birth	11 Feb 1853	Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  Fact	14 Dec 1894	Oklahoma, USA
  Fact	12Apr 1895
  Fact	4 Apr 1895
  Fact	5 Apr 1895	Oklahoma, USA
  Fact	5 Apr 1895
  Fact	9 Apr 1895	Oklahoma, USA
  Fact	9 Apr 1895
  Death	6 Oct 1896	Oklahoma, USA
  Person ID	SSH2589	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database | St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2023

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with Henry Clay St. John, Lawyer that murdered his wife
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	Private

  
  

  Father	Kansas State Senator (1872); 8th Governor (1878 - 1882) John Pierce St. John, OSA5060O ,   b. 25 Feb 1833, Brookville Franklin County Indiana, USA d. 31 Aug 1916, Olathe, Kansas, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Jane Brewer,   b. abt. 1834, Ohio, USA
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	28 Mar 1852	Richland, Illinois, USA
  Divorce	bef. 1861
  Family ID	F5353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ada Elizabeth Stout,   b. 26 Mar 1855, Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA d. 26 Feb 1939, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1875
  Divorce	1884-1887
  	Notes (Log in)
  Children	1. Jennie St. John,   b. abt. 1875, Kansas, USA  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. John Stout St. John,   b. 9 Feb 1876, Kansas, USA d. 2 Aug 1963, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Helen St. John,   b. 30 Dec 1877, Kansas, USA d. 7 Jan 1887, Kansas, USA (Age 9 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Clara St. John,   b. abt. 1879, Kansas, USA  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. Paul St. John,   b. 9 Nov 1879, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA d. 10 May 1952 (Age 72 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 6. Robert St. John,   b. abt. 1884, Kansas, USA  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F5354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Mary E Felton, St. John; murder victim,   b. 1865   d. 3 Apr 1895, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	8 Jan 1887	Garden City, Kansas, USA
  	Type: not sure if divorced or abandoned first wife
  Divorce	1895
  	Notes (Log in)
  Children	1. Henry Clay St. John,   b. 29 Sep 1889, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, USA d. 5 Mar 1961, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. James Leslie St. John-Stafford,   b. Apr 1893, Oklahoma, USA  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F5357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2023

  
  

• Reference

  Suzanne St. John. "Henry Clay St. John, Lawyer that murdered his wife". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=SSH2589&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).