Talk:Robert W. Fyan

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Robert Fyan was married to Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ P. Hyer of Dent County, Missouri who died in the cyclone/tornado that struck Marshfield, Missouri on 18 Apr 1880.

Robert Fyan was the Judge in Laclede County, Missouri who resided over the first legal hanging in Laclede County. It was the 'State of Missouri' verses Joseph Core. The trial started August 4th, 1879. Robert Fyan sentenced for Joseph Core was 'he was to be taken to the place of execution and there be hanged by the neck until he be dead.' Joseph Core was convicted for murdering George E. King.