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Elmer Jackson. No 26871.
Type of event: Lynchings
Location: Minnesota; United States
Document date:
Document type: Gov't Record(s)
Document subtype: Death Certificate
Documents: Elmer Jackson. No 26871.
Citation:
Minnesota. Department of Health.
Death Certificates. No. 26871, [June 1920].
Elmer Jackson.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
Division of Vital
Statistics
Certificate of Death
26871
No. in
Registration Book: 611
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
1. Place of Death
County: St.
Louis
City: Duluth
No. 2nd Ave. E. and 1st
St.
2. Full Name: Elmer Jackson
Residence: Topeka, Kansas
Length of
residence in city or town where death occurred: 2
days
3. Sex: Male
4. Color or Race: Black
5. Single, Married,
Widowed or Divorced: Single
6. Date of Birth: April 19, 1897
7. Age: 23
years, 1 month, 26 days
8. Occupation of Deceased
Trade, Profession or
particular king of work: Laborer
General nature of
industry,...: Circus
Name of Employer: John Robinson
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9. Birthplace: Missouri
10. Name of Father: Clifton
Jackson
11. Birthplace of Father: Missouri
12. Maiden Name of
Mother: Rachael Smith
13. Birthplace of
Mother: Kansas
14. Informant: Clifton Jackson
15. Filed: E.W. Fahey,
M.D., Director of Public Health
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF
DEATH
16. Date of Death: June 15, 1920
17. The Cause of
Death was as follows: Strangulation by hanging to light pole.
(lynched)
18. [Left Blank]
(signed) C.F. McCombs, M.D.
Duluth,
Coroner
19. Place of Burial, Cremation, or Memorial: Park Hill
Cemetery
Date of Burial: June 24, 1920
20. Undertaker: Grady &
Horgan
Address: Duluth