1894 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 91
Total Deaths by Month
- January 3
- February 4
- March 4
- April 10
- May 6
- June 7
- July 16
- August 8
- September 11
- October 4
- November 8
- December 10
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 5
- California 1
- Colorado 2
- Connecticut 1
- Florida 1
- Georgia 3
- Illinois 7
- Iowa 2
- Kentucky 4
- Louisiana 4
- Maryland 2
- Massachusetts 2
- Minnesota 1
- Missouri 2
- Montana 2
- New Jersey 2
- Ohio 2
- Oklahoma 2
- Pennsylvania 3
- Railroad Police 6
- South Carolina 2
- Tennessee 3
- Texas 13
- U.S. Government 16
- Utah 2
- Washington 1
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 91
- Female 0
Statistics
- Average age 38
- Average tour of duty 6 years, 6 months
City Marshal Peter John Larson
Dayton Police Department, IA
EOW: Wednesday, January 3, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Colorado County Constable's Office - Precinct 4, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 18, 1894
Cause: Stabbed
Special Agent William E. Ransom
Union Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, January 29, 1894
Cause: Assault
Wharton County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 7, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Jensen Christian Neve
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, February 10, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Colorado County Constable's Office - Precinct 8, TX
EOW: Monday, February 19, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Sumter County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Monday, February 26, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Keeper James B. Lippincott
New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ
EOW: Friday, March 2, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Shreveport Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Tillie Morgan
McMullen County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 15, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputized Civilian John T. Horton
Young County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Thomas Freeborn
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, PA
EOW: Tuesday, April 10, 1894
Cause: Assault
Helena Police Department, MT
EOW: Wednesday, April 11, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Salt Lake City Police Department, UT
EOW: Thursday, April 12, 1894
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Gunnison County Sheriff's Office, CO
EOW: Tuesday, April 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Milam County Constable's Office - Precinct 4, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 26, 1894
Cause: Stabbed
Missouri Valley Police Department, IA
EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Shelby City Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, April 28, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Harrison
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Clay County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Thursday, May 10, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Francis Melville Pike
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office, CT
EOW: Sunday, May 13, 1894
Cause: Heart attack
Chief of Detectives Lenard Harris
Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, May 16, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Canadian County Sheriff's Office, OK
EOW: Wednesday, May 23, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent George S. Newcomb
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, June 3, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas L. Martin
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Monday, June 4, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Night Watchman Joseph Zacharek
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, June 8, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Sequoyah Houston
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US
EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Wednesday, June 20, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Baltimore City Police Department, MD
EOW: Wednesday, June 20, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Night Policeman Arucius R. Koon
New Straitsville Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 4, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Marshal Richard Zeff
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Friday, July 6, 1894
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Police Officer Albert Jacobson
Hastings Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, July 10, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Marshal Jessie B. Bristol
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1894
Cause: Train accident
Special Deputy Marshal William A. Pross
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1894
Cause: Train accident
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, July 14, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Abner D. McLellan
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Friday, July 20, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Brunswick Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, July 21, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Charles M. Cole
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Tuesday, July 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff James Walton Smith
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Tuesday, July 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Warden Willoughby Howard Nelson
Tennessee Department of Correction, TN
EOW: Friday, July 27, 1894
Cause: Bomb
Lexington Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US
EOW: Sunday, July 29, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, July 31, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Friday, August 3, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Deputy U.S. Marshal M. W. Joe Nix
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Friday, August 3, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Augustus Fuchshuber
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, August 4, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Special Officer Ebenezer Neagles, Jr.
Lynn Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, August 20, 1894
Cause: Explosion
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, August 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Dispensary Constable John Gribbin
South Carolina State Dispensary Commission, SC
EOW: Tuesday, August 28, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Fayette County Constable's Office - Precinct 8, TX
EOW: Friday, August 31, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, September 5, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US
EOW: Monday, September 10, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, September 12, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Grissom
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Thursday, September 13, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Christian F. Otto
Elizabeth Police Department, NJ
EOW: Monday, September 17, 1894
Cause: Electrocuted
Police Officer Peter P. Dillon
Allegheny City Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, September 20, 1894
Cause: Electrocuted
Superintendent Gideon C. Taylor
Navarro County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, September 23, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Sheriff James Christopher Burns
Sanpete County Sheriff's Department, UT
EOW: Wednesday, September 26, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Special Deputy Marshal Robert L. Pate
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Saturday, September 29, 1894
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Patrolman Andrew Matthias Hauswirth
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, September 30, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Puyallup Police Department, WA
EOW: Sunday, September 30, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Tuesday, October 9, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Lee County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 13, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Stockton Police Department, CA
EOW: Wednesday, October 17, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Patrolman Rufus Chalmers Parkinson
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, November 2, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Theophil Joseph Seyller
Peoria Police Department, IL
EOW: Saturday, November 3, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer James Edward Phelps
Paducah Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, November 9, 1894
Cause: Heart attack
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US
EOW: Friday, November 16, 1894
Cause: Assault
New Orleans Police Department, LA
EOW: Sunday, November 18, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Lincoln Keeney
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Saturday, November 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Hemphill County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, November 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Dispensary Constable Joseph Lattimore
South Carolina State Dispensary Commission, SC
EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal John M. Beard
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Sunday, December 9, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Mason County Sheriff's Office, IL
EOW: Thursday, December 13, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Trenton Police Department, MO
EOW: Thursday, December 13, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Deputy U.S. Marshal Newton LeForce
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Thursday, December 13, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Davidson County Constable's Office, TN
EOW: Saturday, December 15, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Marshal Americus Vespucius Lyons
Rayne Police Department, LA
EOW: Monday, December 24, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Constable Tom H. Loftin
Falls County Constable's Office - Precinct 7, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 25, 1894
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Augusta Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, December 27, 1894
Cause: Gunfire