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James Clyde Arwood

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James Clyde Arwood

Birth
Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA
Death
14 Aug 1943 (aged 41)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
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Clyde Arwood (died August 14, 1943) He was the only person ever executed by the United States Federal Government in Tennessee. He was convicted for killing a federal agent during a moonshine raid. Murdering of a federal employee is a federal capital crime. Arwood was put to death by electric chair in Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. He was 41 at time of his death. Arwood was the last federal inmate executed under administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Name: Clyde Arwood
Death Date: 14 Aug 1943
Death Place: W. Nashville, Davisdon, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Race or Color: White
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year:
Birth Date: 07 Sep 1901
Birthplace: Ripley, Tenn.
Spouse: Bessie Arwood
Father: James Arwood
Father's Birth Place: Tenn
Mother: Dora Akin
Mother's Birth Place: Tenn
Occupation: Barber
Street Address:
Residence: Ripley Co, Lauderdale, Tenn.
Cemetery: Grace-Dist.6
Burial Place: La. Co.
Burial Date: 15 Aug 1943
Informant:
Additional Relatives: X
Digital Folder Number: 4184879
Image Number: 1761
Film Number: 2137337
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: cn 16542


Clyde Arwood (died August 14, 1943) He was the only person ever executed by the United States Federal Government in Tennessee. He was convicted for killing a federal agent during a moonshine raid. Murdering of a federal employee is a federal capital crime. Arwood was put to death by electric chair in Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. He was 41 at time of his death. Arwood was the last federal inmate executed under administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Name: Clyde Arwood
Death Date: 14 Aug 1943
Death Place: W. Nashville, Davisdon, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Race or Color: White
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year:
Birth Date: 07 Sep 1901
Birthplace: Ripley, Tenn.
Spouse: Bessie Arwood
Father: James Arwood
Father's Birth Place: Tenn
Mother: Dora Akin
Mother's Birth Place: Tenn
Occupation: Barber
Street Address:
Residence: Ripley Co, Lauderdale, Tenn.
Cemetery: Grace-Dist.6
Burial Place: La. Co.
Burial Date: 15 Aug 1943
Informant:
Additional Relatives: X
Digital Folder Number: 4184879
Image Number: 1761
Film Number: 2137337
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: cn 16542




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