Died in jail or a lockup

Pinkston

died April 1883 · Madison County, Mississippi

Pinkston, a woman, died in the jail at Canton, Mississippi, in April 1883, according to a Canton Register report published in early May. The paper describes her as an heiress who had figured in the 1876 Hayes-Tilden presidential contest. The report gives no cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Source

Canton Register, May 3, 1883, page 3 Canton Register, May 3, 1883

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