This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patterson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.independence/1233/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Family stories are that Daddy's uncle, Marshall (M. H.) Patterson was ambushed and murdered by bootleggers. I know he was at earlier points in his life the sheriff of Woodruff County, and I've found a couple of enchanting acoounts of his part in dealing with a train robbery in 1891. I know he died on May 20, 1920, and is buried in the Augusta Memorial Cemetery. What I don't know is the story about his death. Are there newspaper accounts? (Gary, do you have anything in your vast collection?)