JOSEPH S DAWSON
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 39-E: 23
Department: Cocke County, Tennessee, S.O.
End of Watch: April 20, 1899
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: 3
Description: Sheriff Dawson, accompanied by Marshals from Knoxville, was in search of bootleggers and liquor stills when a shot rang out from the darkness. Sheriff Dawson was struck in the neck and died instantly. Sheriff Dawson's assailant was arrested.
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