Simon Garnet

Simon Garnet, a Black man, was held in the old Town Hall Jail in Oxford, Ohio, in September 1877. According to a historical marker unveiled in Oxford in 2021, a mob broke into the jail and shot him, and he survived that first attack. The marker says the mob returned, shot him at close range and dragged him outside, where he died on September 3, 1877. The marker recognizes his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Oxford, Ohio jail and shot Simon Garnet, a Black man, on September 3, 1877, according to a Cincinnati dispatch and a historical marker.

Reported by: historical marker text; Cincinnati dispatch printed in The Weekly Clarion (reporters); Cincinnati dispatch published in the Lake Charles Echo (reporters); Cincinnati dispatch in the Eureka Daily Sentinel (reporters); The Weekly Clarion (reporters).

Sources (11)

• The Dallas Daily Herald, September 4, 1877, page 1 The Dallas Daily Herald, September 4, 1877
• The Daily Dispatch, September 4, 1877, page 3 The Daily Dispatch, September 4, 1877
• Eureka Daily Sentinel, September 4, 1877, page 2 Eureka Daily Sentinel, September 4, 1877
• Daily Press And Dakotaian, September 4, 1877, page 2 Daily Press And Dakotaian, September 4, 1877
• Daily Press And Dakotaian, September 4, 1877, page 3 Daily Press And Dakotaian, September 4, 1877
• The Weekly Clarion, September 5, 1877, page 3 The Weekly Clarion, September 5, 1877
• Richland Beacon, September 8, 1877, page 2 Richland Beacon, September 8, 1877
• The Weekly Clarion, September 12, 1877, page 2 The Weekly Clarion, September 12, 1877
• The Iola Register, September 15, 1877, page 1 The Iola Register, September 15, 1877
• The Lake Charles Echo, September 20, 1877, page 3 The Lake Charles Echo, September 20, 1877
• New historic marker notes Butler County lynching, racist mob violence WCPO 9 Cincinnati, June 22, 2021