Obit of Cogburn, John M. (c216) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 22 Oct 2000 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Cogburn Andrew Jackson Bullard was serving his second term as sheriff of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Territory when he and his deputy John Cogburn were killed on the head of Dead Indian Creek on May 30, 1902. Coverage in The Cheyenne Sunbeam of 4 July 1902, states: "Sheriff Bullard was lying dead with 11 bullet wounds in his body and holding his sixshooter in his hand, from which two shots had been fired. Four of the wounds entered from the back, six from the front and one ranging downward from the head. His deputy received one shot only and that from the back. He was evidently sitting on the wagon tongue when he received this shot which proved immediately fatal, he not having time to use his gun before expiring. The sheriff and deputy was interred in the Cheyenne Cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html