Dated: 07-13-1846
Anti Slavery Lecturer Killed - An anti-slavery lecturer, named David Officer, was killed on the 5th inst., while lecturing in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, by David M. Mains. The latter was drunk, and had been put out of the meeting; he returned in a short time with a brickbat in his hand, and threw it with such violence against the head of Officer, that his skull was completely shattered. Officer survived but a short time.
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David OFFICER
birth: 1761
West Fallowfield, Chester Co., PA [1767][29 Jun 1768]
death: 1846
OH
marriage: 31 October 1793
First Presbyterian Ch. Carlisle, PA
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PARENTS:
Thomas OFFICER
birth: 1724
Co. Antrim, Ulster, Ireland [1725] [1723]
death: 5 March 1813
Frankford Twp. Cumberland Co., PA [13 Apr 1813]
Jane MAYES
birth: about 1725
death: from 1777 to 1793
Dated: 07-13-1846
Anti Slavery Lecturer Killed - An anti-slavery lecturer, named David Officer, was killed on the 5th inst., while lecturing in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, by David M. Mains. The latter was drunk, and had been put out of the meeting; he returned in a short time with a brickbat in his hand, and threw it with such violence against the head of Officer, that his skull was completely shattered. Officer survived but a short time.
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David OFFICER
birth: 1761
West Fallowfield, Chester Co., PA [1767][29 Jun 1768]
death: 1846
OH
marriage: 31 October 1793
First Presbyterian Ch. Carlisle, PA
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PARENTS:
Thomas OFFICER
birth: 1724
Co. Antrim, Ulster, Ireland [1725] [1723]
death: 5 March 1813
Frankford Twp. Cumberland Co., PA [13 Apr 1813]
Jane MAYES
birth: about 1725
death: from 1777 to 1793
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