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Sheriff Singler's Sacrifice

August Singler, our first law enforcement officer, was the only Jackson Counter sheriff killed in the line of duty.  He left a wife with eight children.  His death in 1913 is quite a story.  

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Medford
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Vertical File Biographies, Singler, August D
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