Edmond Murphy

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office — Stanford, KY

Accident

End of Watch October 23, 1915

Age 59

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Edmond Murphy was struck and killed by a train while collecting county taxes at Kings Mountain.

He was walking across the Fishing Creek railroad trestle when a train approached. He attempted to avoid being struck by dropping between the trestle's supports, but his head was struck by one the bottom of one of the railroad cars.

Deputy Murphy was survived by his wife and daughter.

Survivors

Deputy Murphy was survived by his wife and daughter.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Murphy served with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Stanford community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Murphy.

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

Agency

Department Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

Location Stanford, KY

Platform Identity lcso.lincoln.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 23, 1915

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Edmond Murphy is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

of 4 officers

25% Accident

KY — Statewide

161

of 983 officers

16.4% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident