Died in jail or a lockup
Jeff Dinsmore
Jeff Dinsmore, a Black man, was held in the jail at Bellgreen, Alabama, when a mob took him from custody and lynched him on March 29, 1891, according to The Brookhaven Leader, which reported the killing on April 2. The mob's entry into the jail and the response of its jailers are not described in that account. The report gives no other details of his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.