JOHN E MARTIN
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 25
Department: Starr County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: December 1, 1881
Cause: SHOT
Age: 46
Years of Service: 4
Description: Sheriff Martin and the Starr County tax collector were ambushed, shot and killed as they collected the county taxes from local residents. Their bodies were found six miles outside the county hidden in the woods.
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