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Submitted: 6/16/21 • Approved: 6/18/21 • Last Updated: 6/21/21 • R428144-G0-S3
Born 16 February 1883
Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas
Died 7 July 1931
(aged 48)
Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas
Deputy Sheriff of western Bowie County.
Chief Deputy Sheriff of Bowie County.
Constable of New Boston, Texas 1904-1910.
Deputy United States Marshal,
Special Agent for the Northern
Division of the Cotton Belt Railroad.
A Federal prohibition officer.
Company B of the Texas Rangers.
He was shot and killed by a former officer.
(See Texas historical marker)
*Photo courtesy of Granville & Patricia Murphy.
Contributed on 6/16/21
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Record #: 428144