Died in jail or a lockup
Cornelia Chisholm
Cornelia Chisholm was the daughter of Judge W. W. Chisholm of DeKalb, Mississippi. In April 1877 she stayed with her father and mother at the DeKalb jail, and when a mob attacked the jail on April 29 she threw her arms around her father to protect him. A 1914 Birmingham Age-Herald account says she was shot during the attack and carried home fatally wounded. She died on May 15, 1877, from her gunshot wounds.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Newspaper accounts say a mob attacked the DeKalb jail, where she was staying with her parents, and shot her; she died on May 15, 1877.
Reported by: historical newspaper accounts.