Correction Officer

Frank Miller

Accident
End of Watch October 7, 1899
Age 20
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Frank Miller was an African American convict guard on a Texas Trunk construction train in Dallas. The train was stationed at the corner of Commerce Street and the Trunk Railroad. Miller was examining his double-barreled shotgun when it discharged. The shotgun was loaded with No. 6 buck shot and the contents of both barrels struck him in the chest and left arm. He was taken to the city hospital, but lived only a few hours. W. R. Bowen was in charge of the construction train and said Miller, who was about 20 years old, was born and raised Kaufman County, and had been employed for about one month. It was reported he had no living relatives. An inquest was held and determined the shooting was accidental. No other information is known about Miller. His place of burial is unknown at this time.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Correction Officer Miller served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 7, 1899
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 20
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Frank is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1899, 15 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 129th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Frank was 20. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Frank had served 0.1 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

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Correction Officer Frank Miller

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch October 7, 1899

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