JOSEPH BEARD

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Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 35-E: 22
Department: Lexington-Fayette Urban County, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: July 10, 1858
Cause: NIFE
Age: 45
Years of Service: Unk
Description: City Marshal Beard placed a street brawler under arrest. Marshal Beard was thrown to the ground by the suspect who then stabbed him in the chest, which punctured his lung and heart. Marshal Beard died at the scene.
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