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NameMurdered InDate
Unknown NegroNew Madrid - MissouriMay/30/1910
Unknown NegroNew Madrid - MissouriNov/29/1898
Unknown NegroVerona - MissouriJan/22/1894
William AllenSpringfield - MissouriApr/151906
Erastus BrownVilla Ridge - MissouriJul/101897
John BucknerVally Park - MissouriJan/17/1894
George BurkeColumbia - MissouriSep/171889
Fayette ChandlerSt. Charles - MissouriApr/3/1916
Mundee ChowageeMarshall - MissouriApr/28/1900
Andy ClarkLeeper - MissouriJan/211903
Robert ColemanCharleston - MissouriJul/3/1910
J.C. CollinsMondak - MissouriApr/5/1913
Paralee CollinsWest Plains - MissouriJun/171914
James CoplandSpringfield - MissouriApr/14/1906
Henry DarleyLiberty - MissouriMay/4/1900
Emmet DivensFulton - MissouriAug/15/1895
Harry DuncanSpringfield - MissouriApr/4/1906
Frank EmbreeSteinmetz - MissouriJul/23/1899
Sam FieldCharleston - MissouriJul/3/1910
Harry GatesLexington - MissouriAug/121902
Thomas GilyardJoplin - MissouriApr/15/1903
French GodleyPierce City - MissouriAug/19/1901
William GodleyPierce City - MissouriAug/19/1901
Rayman GunnMaryville - MissouriJan/12/1931
Peter HamptonPierce City - MissouriAug/20/1901
Thomas HaydenFayette - MissouriNov/1/1899
Ulysess HaydonMonett - MissouriJun/29/1894
William HendersonJackson - MissouriOct/11/1895
Robert HeplerNevada - MissouriJan/22/1892
John Hughes FebMoberly - Missouri18/1893
Joseph A JohnsonHiller Creek - MissouriJul/2/1894
George JohnsonPlatte City - MissouriAug/1/1909
Isaac KollinsWest Plains - MissouriJun/171914
Rudd LaneLouisiana - MissouriSep/1/1915
D. MaloneCaruthersville - MissouriMay/3/1903
Richard MayesSpringfield - MissouriFeb/21/1893
Aurthur McNealRichmond - MissouriMar/2/1901
W.J. MooneyhonCaruthersville - MissouriMay/3/1903
Robert PettigrewBelmont - MissouriMay/12/1905
A.B. RichardsonCaruthersville - MissouriOct/111911
Dallas ShieldsFayette - MissouriMar/191914
Nelson SimpsonNeelyville - MissouriJan/3/1901
David SimsClarkton - MissouriApr/27/1892
Benjamin SmithLa Plata - MissouriAug/3/1889
Thomas SmithPolar Bluff - MissouriSep/31890
Samuel SykesHayti - MissouriJan/3/1916
George TracyKingston - MissouriFeb/17/1895
Olli TruxtonGlasgow - MissouriJan/3/1891
WardGalena - MissouriFeb/2/1898
Henry WilliamsMacon - MissouriJun/30/1898
W.F. WilliamsMt. Pleasant - MissouriFeb/21/1915
Benjamin WoodsCaruthersville - MissouriOct./11/1911
Oliver WrightHighee - MissouriMar/26/1902
Louis WrightNew Madrid - MissouriFeb/17/1902
Cleo WrightSikeston - MissouriJan/25/1942
Curtin YoungClarkville - MissouriJun/6/1898
Sam YoungClarkville - MissouriJun/6/1898

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