Died in jail or a lockup
Eli Lennox
Eli Lennox, a Black man, was held in the jail in Union, Missouri, in 1847 when a mob took him from custody and hanged him from a walnut tree not two blocks from where Arthur Duestrow was later killed. The article gives no further information about his age, family, or work.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.