Executed

Samuel Gibson

24 years old · died January 29, 1950 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Samuel Gibson, 24, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on January 29, 1950.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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Electrocutions, 1924-1964 Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executed Inmates and Electrocutions

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