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Sam Rinehart

died October 24, 1890 · Columbus jail, Columbus, Ohio

Sam Rinehart was described in a brief item in the Gloucester County Democrat as a well-known circus clown and the head of the Rinehart family. Sam died on October 24, 1890, while held at the city jail in Columbus, Ohio. The report gives no cause of death and no account of the circumstances, and no official or family claims about the death are reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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