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Moses Benton “Mose” Roberts

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Moses Benton “Mose” Roberts

Birth
Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
Death
15 Sep 1887 (aged 26)
Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
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Mose (some accounts give his first name as "Mote") Roberts was a participant in the Pleasant Valley War, a range war in Arizona Territory between the Graham and Tewksbury factions. Roberts was shot and wounded on September 4, 1887 by Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens during a gunfight in which Andy Blevins and his brother Sam Blevins were killed. Roberts died of his wounds 11 days after the fight and was buried beside the two Blevins brothers.
Mose (some accounts give his first name as "Mote") Roberts was a participant in the Pleasant Valley War, a range war in Arizona Territory between the Graham and Tewksbury factions. Roberts was shot and wounded on September 4, 1887 by Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens during a gunfight in which Andy Blevins and his brother Sam Blevins were killed. Roberts died of his wounds 11 days after the fight and was buried beside the two Blevins brothers.

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