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Christian Bucher Mummert

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Christian Bucher Mummert

Birth
Cashtown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 May 1878 (aged 37–38)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.82472, Longitude: -89.65917
Plot
Block 7, 214
Memorial ID
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Killed by John Crosby in a dispute over Mummert demanding Crosby vacate the land owned by Mummert. An argument ensued and Crosby shot Mummert; a later trial found Crosby guilty of manslaughter but it was overturned. A new trial acquited Crosby of all charges.

About 35 years of age, survived by widow and three small children, one being about 11 months old. Listed on cemetery records and newspaper articles as "Christopher B. Murmert", born in Virginia.
Killed by John Crosby in a dispute over Mummert demanding Crosby vacate the land owned by Mummert. An argument ensued and Crosby shot Mummert; a later trial found Crosby guilty of manslaughter but it was overturned. A new trial acquited Crosby of all charges.

About 35 years of age, survived by widow and three small children, one being about 11 months old. Listed on cemetery records and newspaper articles as "Christopher B. Murmert", born in Virginia.


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