1868 - 1905 (37 years)
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| Name |
John William Polk |
| Birth |
10 Feb 1868 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 May 1905 |
Ironton,,Iron County,Missouri,USA  |
| Record Created |
08 Aug 2016 |
| familyserch.org ID |
L781-B3N |
| Burial |
Polk Cemetery,,Iron County,Missouri,USA |
- findagrave.com memorial # 71142772
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| Notes |
- Find A Grave Memorial# 71142772
- Sheriff of Iron Co Missouri
elected in 1902 and again in 1904.
Was shot and killed by William Jr, his brother Arthur, and their mother Mary E Spaugh on May 25, 1905 at the Spaugh home. Sheriff Polk had come to arrest William Spaugh Jr for assault and battery of an Edgar family teenager which had occurred about 20 minutes earlier in a local Ironton
resturant.
Murder trial went all the way to the Missouri Surpreme Court where convictions for all three were upheld. Later, Mary was granted another trial and was found not guilty and was not imprisoned. Wm Jr was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. It was later changed to life in prison. Both men died in the Missouri State pen of Tuberculosis.
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| Person ID |
10982332 |
robsgenealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Family |
Laura E. Miller, b. 13 Mar 1869, Arcadia,,Iron County,Missouri,USA d. 16 May 1952, Ironton,,Iron County,Missouri,USA (Age 83 years) |
| Record Created |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F9862369 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2016 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Death - 25 May 1905 - Ironton,,Iron County,Missouri,USA |
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 | Burial - - Polk Cemetery,,Iron County,Missouri,USA |
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