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Ripley is a city in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,263 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Jackson County

Ripley is known to have the "Biggest SmallTown Fourth of July Celebration" in the nation
Is the location of the last public hanging in West Virginia on December 16,1897
On Independence Day, 2002, Current President George W. Bush gave a public speech, giving the town some recognition in the national news.

Located in the western part of the state, Ripley is said to be named after Harry Ripley, a circuit riding Methodist minister, who with a wedding license in his pocket, drowned in Mill Creek in 1830.

On December 16, 1897 the last public hanging in West Virginia was executed in Ripley. John F. Morgan was hung for the murder of Mrs. Chloe Greene and her two children on November 3, 1897. Morgan was hung before an immense crowd of spectators from Jackson and surrounding counties.

A bill was introduced in the next session of the Legislature to abolish public hangings, which was enacted into a law. Morgan was the last man in the state to be publicly hanged after a trial by jury..

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