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Alvin Alfonso Fariss

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Alvin Alfonso Fariss

Birth
Lewis County, Tennessee, USA
Death
9 Sep 1887 (aged 39)
Adamsville, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Adamsville, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Alvin Alfonzo Fariss married S. Bartella Sipes 22 Dec 1875 McNairy, TN.
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"Sheriff, W.M. Brown, and constable E.T. Phillips, brought Thad Butler,who is charged with killing Alphonso Farris at Adamsville, to our jail Sunday morning. Butler was also charged with robbing the mail in July and was being tried on that charge at Purdy Saturday. Farris was wounded by Butler Thursday, did not die until Saturday night"
He was murdered in his home.
Alvin Alfonzo Fariss married S. Bartella Sipes 22 Dec 1875 McNairy, TN.
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"Sheriff, W.M. Brown, and constable E.T. Phillips, brought Thad Butler,who is charged with killing Alphonso Farris at Adamsville, to our jail Sunday morning. Butler was also charged with robbing the mail in July and was being tried on that charge at Purdy Saturday. Farris was wounded by Butler Thursday, did not die until Saturday night"
He was murdered in his home.


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