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Joseph Johnson “Joe” Lynch

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Joseph Johnson “Joe” Lynch

Birth
Death
1 Jun 1920 (aged 44)
Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Son of Joseph Martin Lynch and Susan (Foreman) Lynch

md: Georgia Eulalie Vann Mar 20, 1898

Dawes card #2270 roll #5907 1/8 Cherokee

Joe J. Lynch, along with two others, was arrested for suspicion of the theft of sugar from a wholesale grocery business. The three men were being transported from Picher, Oklahoma, to Miami, Oklahoma, when a gun battle occurred between Lynch and the two men who were transporting the men. Lynch was shot and died a few hours later at the Miami hospital, with his wife and son at his side. The two transporters, a Joplin detective and a wholesale grocer, were killed during the incident.

Mr. Lynch's body was transported to Webber Falls for burial, where two of his sisters lived. Miami Record-Herald, Miami, OK, 04 Jun 1920, Fri, p. 2; Muskogee Times-Democrat, 02 Jun 1920, Wed, p. 1
Son of Joseph Martin Lynch and Susan (Foreman) Lynch

md: Georgia Eulalie Vann Mar 20, 1898

Dawes card #2270 roll #5907 1/8 Cherokee

Joe J. Lynch, along with two others, was arrested for suspicion of the theft of sugar from a wholesale grocery business. The three men were being transported from Picher, Oklahoma, to Miami, Oklahoma, when a gun battle occurred between Lynch and the two men who were transporting the men. Lynch was shot and died a few hours later at the Miami hospital, with his wife and son at his side. The two transporters, a Joplin detective and a wholesale grocer, were killed during the incident.

Mr. Lynch's body was transported to Webber Falls for burial, where two of his sisters lived. Miami Record-Herald, Miami, OK, 04 Jun 1920, Fri, p. 2; Muskogee Times-Democrat, 02 Jun 1920, Wed, p. 1

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