Harve Sellers
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Marshal

Harve Sellers

Morganfield Police Department — Morganfield, KY
Accident
End of Watch January 9, 1898
Age 50
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Gender Male

Incident

Marshal Harve Sellers was killed when a tornado ripped through downtown Morganfield, destroying the city hall and several businesses.

Marshal Sellers was in the police office in the city hall when the building was struck and killed when the building collapsed.

He was survived by his wife and children.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and children.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-KY-1783E440
Stewardship
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Marshal Sellers served with the Morganfield Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Morganfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location Morganfield, KY
Platform Identity mpd.union.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 9, 1898
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Marshal Harve Sellers 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 Morganfield Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Morganfield Police Department
1
of 2 officers
50% Accident
KY — Statewide
161
of 983 officers
16.4% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harve Sellers's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Harve Sellers Compares

Age at End of Watch
50
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harve Sellers is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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