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Death of Edmond Dean in Vicksburg

Death 10 Aug 1831 Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA

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Event summary

Event type Subtype Status Confidence

TypeDeath
SubtypeViolent
StatusProven
Confidence0.980

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Technical details

Event IDE00005
Database PK833

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

Decedent Edmond Dean Sr.

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Spouse Sophia Waller Pridgeon
Widowed for the second time

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Perpetrator Seth R. Sumpter
Identified in 11 Aug 1831 inquest as killer; manslaughter verdict.

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Sources

Source

Sophia Waller Pridgeon Doles Dean Ralph Bible record (death entry for Edmond Deens Sr.)

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National Banner and Nashville Whig (Nashville, Tennessee), Monday, August 29, 1831, Vol. XIX, No. 1306, p. 3 (death notice for Edmond Deens Sr.)

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Baton Rouge Gazette (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Saturday, September 3, 1831, Vol. XIII, No. 28, p. 2 (death notice for Edmond Deens Sr.)

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Warren County MS Inquest on Edmond Deen (1831)

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Coroner Inquest Archives, RG 29 (State Auditor) Series 2320, Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH)

Date

Date10 Aug 1831

Place

Displayed place Place note

PlaceVicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
NotePlace detail: Died in a manslaughter incident per Vicksburg records.

Evidence

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