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Marshal

Enoch Conway White

Sweet Springs Police Department — Sweet Springs, MO

Accident

End of Watch April 18, 1882

Age 28

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Marshal Con White was killed when a large tornado destroyed a large portion of Brownsville.

He and several citizens were inside the town's drug store when the tornado destroyed it along with numerous other buildings and homes. Marshal White's body was located underneath debris from the store during cleanup efforts.

More than 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured as a result of the tornado.

Marshal White had served as the elected marshal for only two weeks. He had previously served as the deputy marshal for one year in 1877.

Brownsville was renamed Sweet Springs in 1887

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

144 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Marshal White gave the Sweet Springs Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Sweet Springs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Sweet Springs Police Department

Location Sweet Springs, MO

Platform Identity sspd.saline.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 18, 1882

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Marshal Enoch Conway White 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Sweet Springs Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% 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. Enoch Conway White'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 Enoch Conway White Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service