Edward Lumpkin Hamlin was killed in a dueling match against Edward Thomas Freeman just south of the Tennessee border in Mississippi, on August 26, 1870. Although the full details behind the duel remain unknown, it is said their dispute revolved around a young lady named Lou Lenow, born in 1850 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lenow, a prominent Memphis family.
Edward Hamlin was born in Marshall County, Mississippi, and attended Virginia Military Institute. He was called to fight in the Civil War (New Market Cadet, Private Co. D). After the war Hamlin moved to Memphis where he became a lawyer.
Soon after the duel Freeman married Lou Lenow, who died in 1871 after giving birth to a daughter, also named Lou who died in June 1872. Freeman then married Lou's sister, Elizabeth Lenow. Freeman died in July 1878 and is buried in the Lenow family plot at Elmwood along with Lou and their daughter.
Edward Hamlin's mother was distraught with grief following the death of her son and died within a year. His father died in 1876. All three were buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Edward's brother, William Yates Hamlin, erected a momument in memory of the three. The statue depicts a woman atop a pedestal chained to an anchor. The burial place of William Yates Hamlin is not known.
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TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS, August 26. -
Major Edward Freeman, a young merchant, and Edward Hamlin, a young lawyer, fought a duel just over the Mississippi line, at fifteen paces with derringers. The fired simultaneously. Hamlin was shot through the body and died in ten minutes. The seconds for Hamlin were Captain Dabney and Major Thomas Sanders; and for Freeman, Captain Charles Waldride and Major West Shea. (The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia. August 27, 1870; Page Two.
Edward Hamlin was born in Marshall County, Mississippi, and attended Virginia Military Institute. He was called to fight in the Civil War (New Market Cadet, Private Co. D). After the war Hamlin moved to Memphis where he became a lawyer.
Soon after the duel Freeman married Lou Lenow, who died in 1871 after giving birth to a daughter, also named Lou who died in June 1872. Freeman then married Lou's sister, Elizabeth Lenow. Freeman died in July 1878 and is buried in the Lenow family plot at Elmwood along with Lou and their daughter.
Edward Hamlin's mother was distraught with grief following the death of her son and died within a year. His father died in 1876. All three were buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Edward's brother, William Yates Hamlin, erected a momument in memory of the three. The statue depicts a woman atop a pedestal chained to an anchor. The burial place of William Yates Hamlin is not known.
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TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS, August 26. -
Major Edward Freeman, a young merchant, and Edward Hamlin, a young lawyer, fought a duel just over the Mississippi line, at fifteen paces with derringers. The fired simultaneously. Hamlin was shot through the body and died in ten minutes. The seconds for Hamlin were Captain Dabney and Major Thomas Sanders; and for Freeman, Captain Charles Waldride and Major West Shea. (The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia. August 27, 1870; Page Two.
Edward Lumpkin Hamlin was killed in a dueling match against Edward Thomas Freeman just south of the Tennessee border in Mississippi, on August 26, 1870. Although the full details behind the duel remain unknown, it is said their dispute revolved around a young lady named Lou Lenow, born in 1850 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lenow, a prominent Memphis family.
Edward Hamlin was born in Marshall County, Mississippi, and attended Virginia Military Institute. He was called to fight in the Civil War (New Market Cadet, Private Co. D). After the war Hamlin moved to Memphis where he became a lawyer.
Soon after the duel Freeman married Lou Lenow, who died in 1871 after giving birth to a daughter, also named Lou who died in June 1872. Freeman then married Lou's sister, Elizabeth Lenow. Freeman died in July 1878 and is buried in the Lenow family plot at Elmwood along with Lou and their daughter.
Edward Hamlin's mother was distraught with grief following the death of her son and died within a year. His father died in 1876. All three were buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Edward's brother, William Yates Hamlin, erected a momument in memory of the three. The statue depicts a woman atop a pedestal chained to an anchor. The burial place of William Yates Hamlin is not known.
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TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS, August 26. -
Major Edward Freeman, a young merchant, and Edward Hamlin, a young lawyer, fought a duel just over the Mississippi line, at fifteen paces with derringers. The fired simultaneously. Hamlin was shot through the body and died in ten minutes. The seconds for Hamlin were Captain Dabney and Major Thomas Sanders; and for Freeman, Captain Charles Waldride and Major West Shea. (The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia. August 27, 1870; Page Two.
Edward Hamlin was born in Marshall County, Mississippi, and attended Virginia Military Institute. He was called to fight in the Civil War (New Market Cadet, Private Co. D). After the war Hamlin moved to Memphis where he became a lawyer.
Soon after the duel Freeman married Lou Lenow, who died in 1871 after giving birth to a daughter, also named Lou who died in June 1872. Freeman then married Lou's sister, Elizabeth Lenow. Freeman died in July 1878 and is buried in the Lenow family plot at Elmwood along with Lou and their daughter.
Edward Hamlin's mother was distraught with grief following the death of her son and died within a year. His father died in 1876. All three were buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Edward's brother, William Yates Hamlin, erected a momument in memory of the three. The statue depicts a woman atop a pedestal chained to an anchor. The burial place of William Yates Hamlin is not known.
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TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS, August 26. -
Major Edward Freeman, a young merchant, and Edward Hamlin, a young lawyer, fought a duel just over the Mississippi line, at fifteen paces with derringers. The fired simultaneously. Hamlin was shot through the body and died in ten minutes. The seconds for Hamlin were Captain Dabney and Major Thomas Sanders; and for Freeman, Captain Charles Waldride and Major West Shea. (The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia. August 27, 1870; Page Two.
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