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Marshal

died November 1908 · Lake County Jail, Lake County, Tennessee

Marshal, a Black man, was held in the Tiptonville jail in Tennessee in November 1908. A mob took him and two other Black men from the jail and hanged them. The New Haven Union reported the killings on November 25, 1908.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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