Timothy+Webster

=Timothy Webster=

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Timothy Webster was born on March 12, 1822 in Newhaven, Sussex County, England. He came to the united states in August of 1830. At the beginning of the Civil War General George McClellan asked Pinkerton, a close friend of Webster, to be a spy for the Union. Timothy Webster eagerly jumped to help his friend. The South trusted him to deal with many important documents and secrets that he turned over to the north. He was discovered by the south and was put to death by hanging on April 29, 1862 in Richmond Virgina. He was hung twice, the first time the knot slipped and he fell to the ground, but the second time the knot held and he died in no time. He was buried in Richmand but was later transferd to Onarga, Illinois to be buried next to his father in northern "soil".

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