William McCuistion[1, 2]
1887 - 1921 (34 years)
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Name William McCuistion Nickname Will Birth 18 May 1887 Tooele, Tooele County, Utah 
[3, 4] Gender Male Death 7 Nov 1921 Tooele, Tooele County, Utah [1, 3] - He was shot on the ranch by a neighbor. Will was involved with two men involved in the theft of calves, to be sold as veal. According to the Tooele Transcript, on Monday 7 November 1921 at 10 a.m. Charley McKellar, a neighbor heard this story and rode out to the [McCuistion] ranch. While on his way (on the highway near the Denton-Morrison ranch some 22 miles northeast of Wendover) he met Will driving a wagon, upon noticing that he was unarmed he took out his rifle and shot Will. He [Charley] fled to Box Elder County where his Uncle was the District Attorney. McKellar was a former deputy sheriff of the Tooele County. He was initially charged with murder, which was later reduced to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison for the killing of Will.
Tradition has it that Marybelle, Will's sister, was so angry that she chased him all the way to Colorado. There is no mention of what happened to the real culprits of the cattle thefts.
Person ID I21315 Family Last Modified 23 Mar 2012
Father Alvin James McCuistion, b. 14 Dec 1856, Carson City, Nevada d. 24 Jan 1953, Elko, Elko County, Nevada (Age 96 years) Mother Mary Eliza DeLaMare, b. 6 Jan 1861, Tooele, Tooele County, Utah d. 13 Jan 1890 (Age 29 years) Marriage 20 Dec 1880 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah [5] Family ID F3936 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- He was shot on the ranch by a neighbor. Will was involved with two men involved in the theft of calves, to be sold as veal. According to the Tooele Transcript, on Monday 7 November 1921 at 10 a.m. Charley McKellar, a neighbor heard this story and rode out to the [McCuistion] ranch. While on his way (on the highway near the Denton-Morrison ranch some 22 miles northeast of Wendover) he met Will driving a wagon, upon noticing that he was unarmed he took out his rifle and shot Will. He [Charley] fled to Box Elder County where his Uncle was the District Attorney. McKellar was a former deputy sheriff of the Tooele County. He was initially charged with murder, which was later reduced to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison for the killing of Will.
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Birth - 18 May 1887 - Tooele, Tooele County, Utah 
Death - 7 Nov 1921 - Tooele, Tooele County, Utah = Link to Google Earth
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William McCuistion
Picture posted to Facebook, by Mike Robinson, descendant of Marabelle McCuistion Robinson
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