Roll of Honor
Samuel Jackson
Incident
Deputy Marshal Samuel Jackson died after falling from the second floor of the Montana State Capitol to the first floor. The building was under construction at the time.
Deputy Marshal Jackson had served with the United States Marshals Service for two years.
Sam Jackson was my great-great uncle, the son of my great-great grandfather, Capt. William Jackson of Waterloo, Missouri (he raised a company in the spring of 1861 for the N.E. Mo. Home Guard, but there's no evidence he fought the Mo. State Guard at Athens, Mo. on August 5, 1861, due to internecine conflict in the regiment over David Moore's colonelcy; see my book, Skim Milk Yankees Fighting: The Battle of Athens, Missouri, August 5, 1861 [https://www.camppope.com/sale/c-w.htm]). At some point, Samuel went west and was an Under Sheriff (under Sheriff Jake L. DeHart) at Big Timber, Montana before becoming a U.S. Deputy Marshall. I have a letter he wrote to my grandmother, his sister, Catherine (Jackson) Kearns's daughter in 1897, as the Under Sheriff at Big Timber, along with carte-de-visites of Sitting Bull, with an autograph appended, and Spotted Fawn. I have his 1900 Montana RR pass, signed, perhaps sent back to Missouri with some of his effects at the time of his death. He is shown in a family photo, c. 1875, as a robust man with a large black beard and piercing, narrow eyes.
Jon Cooper-Wiele Great-great nephew of Sam Jackson. June 19th, 2021
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Jackson gave the United States Department of Justice 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy U.S. Marshal Jackson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Jackson 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 43 of 313 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 13.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Jackson's cause is highlighted.
How Samuel Jackson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Jackson is highlighted in Oct.
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