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Tode Turner

Meriwether County, Georgia

Tobe Turner died in Greenville, Georgia, in 1884 while being held there, according to a brief item in The Iola Register. The paper reported that he choked himself with a silk handkerchief. The Abilene Reflector gave the same account, spelling his name Tode Turner. No facility or exact date is given.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Tobe Turner choked himself with a silk handkerchief, according to a brief newspaper item.

Reported by: brief newspaper item.

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