Died in prison
Phil Sullivan
Phil Sullivan, a young man whose father is a Methodist minister in San Augustine, Texas, died while held in a prison, according to a November 1881 report in The Grenada Sentinel. The paper said it was believed he died of homesickness, a cause it presented as belief rather than as an official finding.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: newspaper report of the 1881 death (reporters).