John H. Yarbrough
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Police Officer

John H. Yarbrough

Felonious
End of Watch July 6, 1895
Age 35
Tour of Duty 10 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Yarbrough succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained three days earlier on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad tracks behind the Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works in Richmond, Virginia.

Officer Yarbrough had been patrolling the area as a result of thefts from box-cars in the previous days.

While walking near a train, a man stepped from behind a box-car and shot Officer Yarbrough in the stomach. The suspect then fled the scene. Several neighbors who heard the shots took Officer Yarbrough to the Virginia Hospital where he died three days later.

Officer Yarbrough received his appointment only 10 months earlier.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, mother, and brother.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Yarbrough served with the Henrico County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Richmond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Richmond, Henrico County, VA
Platform Identity hcpd.richmond.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 6, 1895
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

John is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1895, 74 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 95th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

John was 35. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. John had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Henrico County Police Department has 10 officers remembered here, John among them.

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Where

Police Officer John H. Yarbrough

Henrico County Police Department · End of Watch July 6, 1895

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 16-E

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