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Ulysses Grant Holliday

Case from Breathitt, KY dated Dec 10, 1905

Victim Details

Ulysses Grant Holliday

Male

Breathitt

KY

1905-12-10

37

Ulysses

Grant Holliday

06/27/2026

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In the rugged landscape of Breathitt County, Kentucky, a dedicated lawman met a tragic and untimely end. Ulysses Grant Holliday, a 37-year-old male, had only been a Deputy Sheriff for a few weeks before he was killed in the line of duty on December 10, 1905. His death unfolded on a day that began with the lawful attempt to serve a warrant on two brothers just outside the city limits of Jackson.

Accompanied by two deputized civilians, Deputy Holliday located the wanted siblings and duly in ...
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