JOHN S WOFFORD
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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 54-E: 22
Department: Wood County, Texas, C.O., Pct. 1
End of Watch: February 4, 1907
Cause: SHOT
Age: 32
Years of Service: 8
Description: Constable Wofford and his brother, Deputy Sheriff Amos 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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