James Pennington

In 1865 he was part of a gang that tried to arrest General Thompson who hung his son Parkinson.

Sources:

From: History of Summers County from the earliest settlement to the present time By James Henry Miller, Maude Vest Clark Page 602: James Thompson hung Parkinson Pennington and at the end of the war in May 1865 he was shot by a group associated with the Union cause while trying to escape.

http://books.google.com/books?id=bigTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA602&dq=Parkinson...

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History of West Virginia, old and new By James Morton Callahan Page 370: The group referred to above comprised Pennington's father and 18 Union soldiers...

So, in May 1865 James Pennington took revenge on the guy who hung his son.