ABNER DEMENT
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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 7-W: 31
Department: Rutherford County, Tennessee, C.O.
End of Watch: September 7, 1878
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service: Unk
Description: On August 19, 1878, Constable Dement was shot in the abdomen as he attempted to arrest a suspect wanted for horse theft. Constable Dement was bedridden until his death three weeks later on September 7th. The suspect was removed from the county jail and lynched by an angry mob.
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