Deputy Collector

Marion Asher Braddock Tatum

Accident
End of Watch October 19, 1897
Age 43
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Collector Marion Tatum died after falling from a railroad trestle in Athens, Georgia.

The train he was riding on stopped short of the station. As he steppe off of the train he fell from the trestle into the North Oconee River 75-feet below.

Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.

Survivors

Deputy Collector Tatum was survived by his wife and seven children.

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Deputy Collector Tatum served with the United States Department of the Treasury.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtoirfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1897
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Marion is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1897, 14 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 131st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Marion was 43. 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.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue has 27 officers remembered here, Marion among them.

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Where

Deputy Collector Marion Asher Braddock Tatum

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue · End of Watch October 19, 1897

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-E

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