▣ Genealogy Research Console

Event workspace

Death of Edmond Dean in Vicksburg

✎
Death 10 Aug 1831 Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Back to events

Narrative

✎

Edmond Deen was killed in Vicksburg, Mississippi on 10 Aug 1831. Evidence from a Warren County inquest (11 Aug 1831) establishes that he was stabbed with a dirk knife by Seth R. Sumpter in a sudden affray. Jury finding: manslaughter.

Participants

3
  • Decedent Edmond Dean Sr.
    ✎
  • Spouse Sophia Waller Pridgeon

    Widowed for the second time

    ✎
  • Perpetrator Seth R. Sumpter

    Identified in 11 Aug 1831 inquest as killer; manslaughter verdict.

    ✎
Attach existing person

Sources

+

Date

✎

Use YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM-DD, MM/DD/YYYY, ca. YYYY, or YYYY-YYYY.

  • Date10 Aug 1831

Place

✎
  • PlaceVicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA

Evidence

  • No evidence artifacts linked.