Mahoney Mystery Continues

William Mahoney Remains Elusive In my previous post about William Mahoney, I explain the very few pieces of evidence that have been found on the man who was the first husband of my 2nd great grandmother Catherine Newmeier. William had a short life and he seems to have left almost no written record about it. … Continue reading Mahoney Mystery Continues

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Maggie Hudson appeared in Deadwood in the Fall of 1896. By January of 1898 she was gone. In that short time she discovered a murder victim, was a witness at the following trial, and she bore a son out of wedlock. Where she came from and where she went remain a mystery that her son wanted to solve his entire life.