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died September 1877 · Henry County, Kentucky

One of four men hanged by a mob in Henry County, Kentucky, in the week before a September 13, 1877 report, this man had been held in the county jail. The Centre Reporter says the mob took the four men out of the jail at night and hanged them. Three of the four were brothers.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Centre Reporter (reporters).

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