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John Macon Poag, the Sheriff of Tate County, Mississippi, was tragically killed in the line of duty on April 12, 1905, at the age of 47. Sheriff Poag's death occurred under violent circumstances when a mob of masked men stormed the jail he was overseeing in Senatobia, Mississippi. The mob's intent was to liberate a murder suspect who was being held in the jail. When Sheriff Poag ordered the men to leave, they refused, prompting him to fire his weapon and wound one of the intruders. In retaliatio ...Read More
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John Macon Poag
Male
Senatobia
MS
1905-04-12
47
John
Macon Poag
11/22/2025
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