Thornton Lemmon Massie

In the spring of 1912, a palpable tension hung in the air of Hillsville, Virginia, a small mountain town where political and personal animosities ran deep. It was here, on the morning of March 14th, that the life of 45-year-old, white, male, Circuit Court Judge Thornton Lemmon Massie would come to a violent and tragic end. Judge Massie, a respected jurist and family man with a wife and three children, was presiding over the trial of Floyd Allen, a prominent and influential local figure. The char ...

Judge Thornton Lemmon Massie (1866-1912) - Find a Grave

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