MATTHEW NOLAN
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Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 9-E: 24
Department: Nueces County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: December 22, 1864
Cause: SHOT
Age: 30
Years of Service: 5
Description: Sheriff Nolan was on duty and talking to a local citizen when two armed suspects approached them. The men asked Sheriff Nolan what his name was. When Sheriff Nolan replied, the men opened fire, killing him instantly. As the citizen ran after the two suspects, he was shot and killed also. Deputy Thomas Nolan, his brother, was also killed in the line of duty four years prior.
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