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Chelsey Graham

died August 17, 1921 · Tennessee State Prison, Davidson County, Tennessee

Chesley Graham was executed by the State of Tennessee at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville on August 17, 1921, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Chicago Whip reported on August 27, 1921, that he was one of three men electrocuted in Nashville that week. The Department's record lists the cause as execution, and the Whip gives the method as electrocution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction (the agency that held him); news reports.

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