Lorenzo Pelton b. 8 Feb 1848 Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania d. 22 Dec 1897 Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky

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1848 - 1897

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Born	8 Feb 1848	Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Gender	Male
Died	22 Dec 1897	Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Buried	Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Person ID	I6687	Johnson Hindin Tree
Last Modified	3 Feb 2018

Father	Lorenzo Pelton, b. 25 Aug 1819, Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia , d. 1897, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Mother	Mary ASHCOM, b. 25 Nov 1825, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania , d. 1 Feb 1899, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Married	17 Oct 1844	Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
Family ID	F2730	Group Sheet

Notes

According to a news obituary in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) published on December 24, 1897, Lorenzo was a noted criminal. The article called him "one of the most noted burglars in the United States", but he as called an expert in every branch of thievery. (Other newspaper accounts of his death said that he was a noted counterfeiter.) "He belonged to 'old school' of safe blowers and confidence men," perpetrating some of the biggest "jobs" ever perpetrated in Louisville. He had been arrested many times in Louisville, Columbus, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. In the 1870's, he served time in prison in Columbus, escaping twice. He was arrested many times, but was often not convicted, but he was in an out of prison numerous times. Just six months before his death in 1897, he and his brother Jesse, together with two other rogues, were arrested for "blowing a safe" at a Louisville bank, but they were acquitted.