End of Watch July 29, 1894
Age 45
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sheriff Isaac Walkingstick was shot and killed by a man whose friend had just been arrested by the Sheriff for a misdemeanor charge. When Sheriff Walkingstick refused to let the prisoner go as he walked him to jail, the suspect shot him. The suspect was then shot and killed by Sheriff Walkingstick's deputy. Sheriff Walkingstick was Sheriff of the Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). He had served the agency for one year. He was survived by his wife and children. He is buried in Terrell Cemetery (Peavine), Adair County, Oklahoma.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and children.

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132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sheriff Walkingstick gave the United States Department of the Interior 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
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Service Record

End of Watch July 29, 1894
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Isaac is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1894, 70 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 103rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Isaac was 45. 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. Isaac had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services has 52 officers remembered here, Isaac among them.

Across the years

Sheriff Isaac Walkingstick

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services · End of Watch July 29, 1894

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-E

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