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Lizzie Borden
(1860-1927)
Who Was Lizzie Borden?
On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered in their home. Daughter Lizzie Borden was arrested and tried for the ax murders.
She was acquitted in 1893 and continued to live in Fall River until her death, on June 1, 1927. The case was never solved.
Early Life
Lizzie Andrew Borden was born on July 19, 1860, in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Sarah and Andrew Borden.
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Soon thereafter, Sarah died. Andrew remarried three years later, to Abby Durfee Gray. The family lived well. Andrew was successful enough in the fields of manufacturing and real estate development to support his wife and two daughters, Emma and Lizzie, and employ servants to keep their home in order.
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Both Emma and Lizzie lived with their father and stepmother into adulthood.
The relationship between the Borden sisters and their stepmother, Abby, was not close. They greeted her as "Mrs. Borden" and worried that Abby's family sought to gain