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'''Nannie Hazle''', (1905 - 1965) serial killer, who killed four of her five husbands, her mother, and probably several other people.

Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved

Let me start right off by saying that her biography at the crimelibrary has been slightly altered in the names and dates given to certain things.  I'm not sure if this is an attempt at privacy, or if it's sloppy research.  I will start with that biography as a guideline and then show the actual documents of her life.

She was born Nancy Hazle in Blue Mountain, Alabama in 1905 to Louisa "Lou" and James Hazle. The 1910 Census says her parents had been married for nine years and he is listed as a "Railroader".  The 1920 Census says he is a "Farmer".

==First husband==
When she was 16, she married Charles "Charley" Braggs, who was living with and supporting his mother.  The new couple lived with Mrs. Braggs.  Nannie and Charles had four daughters starting with Melvina in 1923 and ending with Florine in 1927.

"Early in 1927, their two middle daughters died." says crimelibrary, but this appears to be a mistake.  Florine Bragg died Oct 1925 in Calhoun County per the Alabama Death Index.

Charley left and showed up a year later in 1928 with another woman.

==Second husband==
Nannie then married 23-year-old Robert H Harrelson in 1929 who lived in Jacksonville.  Again crimelibrary calls him "Frank" but the 1930 census shows the family (see sources below).  This marriage lasted 16 years.

"Her eldest daughter Melvina had married Mosie Haynes and had a son Robert in 1943 and a daughter Feb 1945."  Again this appears to be an error.  Mosie Haynes was born in 1910, so he was quite a bit older than Melvina when they married Jan 1947 in Morgan County (see below).  So their children could not have been born in the early 40s.  They divorced in 1952. Crimelibrary claims that Robert died while in Nannie's care after Mosie and Melvina had fought.  Could [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Robert&gsln=Haynes&sx=&f6Day=&f6Month=&f6Year=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&f6=++&db=aldeath&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=7&recid=1231060&recoff=1+3 this child in the Death Index] be Robert ?  If so, he died after Melvina had divorced Mosie.  She is then supposed to have murdered her husband Robert Harrelson.  I can't find a person in the Death Index who is a good match for this man.

==Third husband==
She is next supposed to have married in 1947 to Arlie Lanning, a resident of Lexington, North Carolina, but a former Alabaman.  Arlie's mother lived in a nearby town.  He died three years later.  Again the dates seem slightly off for some unknown reason.  The North Carolina Death Index had [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=NCdeaths%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Arlie&gsln=Lanning&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=1&recid=1883675&recoff=1+3 Arlie Jackson Lanning dying in Lexington in 1952].

== Sources ==
*[http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/women/doss Her story on crimelibrary.com]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ALDivorce%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Mosie&gsln=Haynes&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=5910&fh=0&recid=81235&recoff=19+20 Alabama Divorce Index] showing Melvina B and Mosie Haynes divorcing in Etowah County, Mar 1952.  And Mosie's [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Mosie&gsln=Haynes&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=1&recid=29744758&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index entry] showing his dates.  Their marriage, contrary to crimelibrary didn't happen under 25 Jan 1947 in Morgan County. See the[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f7=&f6=&sx=&f12=&f13=&f17=25&f16=Jan&rg_f18__date=1947&rs_f18__date=0&f19=Morgan&gskw=&prox=1&db=almarriages_ga&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=1&recid=244535&recoff=13+14+15+17 Alabama Marriage Index here].

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=braggs&sx=y&f12=Alabama&f4=Calhoun&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=1923&rs_81004011__date=5&f18=&f14=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=219885&recoff=2+15+19+20 1930 Census of Jacksonville showing Robt H Haralson 23 Truck driver, Nancy 24, with Malvina Bragg age 4 4/12 "stepdaughter"], and living next door to her mother Lou Hazle, age 51, James was perhaps already dead by this time.

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Hazle&sx=y&f8=Alabama&f9=Calhoun&f10=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&f18=&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1920usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=30&recid=262947&recoff=3+21+22 1920 Census of Peaceburg, Calhoun County] showing James F Hazel 43, Lou 40, Nancy 14 and three more children.

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=hazel&sx=y&f7=AL&f9=Calhoun&f10=&f18=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=13&recid=197713&recoff=3+22+97 1910 Census of Anniston, Calhoun County] showing James F Hazel 36, Louisa 30, Nancy 4 and two other children.

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=bragg&sx=&f6Day=&f6Month=&f6Year=&f7=calhoun&gskw=&prox=1&f6=++&db=aldeath&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 Alabama Death Index 1908-59] for "Bragg" in Calhoun showing that Florine died Oct 1925.  Possibly Hazel Bragg is the other daughter who died, since one by this name died Apr 1924 Calhoun.

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Hazel&sx=y&f19=Alabama&f20=Calhoun&f21=&f14=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f16=&f9=&f10=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f23=&f22=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1900usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=2&recid=186282&recoff=3+21+22 1900 Census of Anniston, Calhoun County] showing James F Hazel, 24 as son of John H, age 50 and Nancy J, age 50, married for 28 years