Richard E. Shipp - Concord Cemetery - Jacobia, TX
N 33° 12.825 W 096° 03.930
14S E 773513 N 3678822
Woodmen of the World monument for Richard Emmett Shipp, in Concord Cemetery, Jacobia, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WMWT0H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/09/2017
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The family name, "Shipp", is at the top of the headstone, and below is a simple inscription:
Richard E. Shipp
Nov. 23, 1878
Oct. 6, 1912
Gone so soon
Mr. Shipp and another Greenville lawman, John A. Southall, were killed in the line of duty. Mr. Southall was honored with a Texas Historical Marker at his grave site at East Mount Cemetery in Greenville:
Assistant Chief of Police of Greenville. Was killed in line of duty in attempt to arrest drunken gunman. Southall's soft nosed bullets were ineffective in battle, as his practice was to wound and stop, not kill. Also killed was Special Deputy Sheriff Emmett Shipp.