AMOS R WOFFORD

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 16-E: 22
Department: Wood County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: February 4, 1907
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 10
Description: Deputy Sheriff Wofford and his brother Wood County Constable John S. Wofford attempted to arrest Mr. Dick Milam and his son W.A. Milam for liquor violations. While attempting to arrest the suspects one of them produced a pistol and a shoot-out followed with all four men being shot. Deputy Sheriff Wofford and his brother succumbed to their injuries two days later. The suspects were also killed in this incident.
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