JAMES C NELSON
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 53-W: 22
Department: Shelby County, Tennessee, S.O.
End of Watch: October 29, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: 58
Years of Service: 15
Description: Deputy Nelson was on night watch in the jail when he heard a disturbance. When he went to investigate the prisoners informed him that one inmate had escaped. Deputy Nelson returned to his office to retrieve his weapon and sound the alarm. The inmate was in the main office and shot Deputy Nelson several times with his own weapon.
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