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David Branham

Case from Williamsburg, KY dated Jun 08, 1901

Victim Details

David Branham

Male

Williamsburg

KY

1901-06-08

David

Branham

06/22/2026

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In the early summer of 1901, a male law enforcement officer named David Branham, serving as a Deputy Sheriff for the Whitley County Sheriff's Office, met a violent and untimely end in Williamsburg, Kentucky. His death occurred in the line of duty as he and another officer confronted a man who had been causing terror among the local citizens.

On that fateful day, June 8th, Deputy Branham, alongside Chief Silas Wilder of the Corbin Police Department, attempted to apprehend the menacing indi ...
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