Headstone for U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco agent James Edmon "Pistol Pete" Bowdoin at Oakland Cemetery - Tallahassee, Florida

Title

• Headstone for U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco agent James Edmon "Pistol Pete" Bowdoin at Oakland Cemetery - Tallahassee, Florida

Image Number

• PR20292

Year

• 19--

Series Title

• General: Print collections
• Specific: Print collections

General Note

• He was born on June 24, 1872, in Coffee County, Alabama. Married at a young age to Alice Mixon. Moved to Texas, back to Alabama, then to California and finally to Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Joined the Arcadia Police Department sometime before 1920 and eventually became Chief of Police. He became a federal prohibition agent in 1924. Agent Bowdoin was killed on February 16, 1925 in a shootout with bootleggers (Bernie Harris, Harvey Walker and Sumpter Harris). The name of James E. Bowdein (mis-spelled) is inscribed (East Wall, Panel 24, Line 2) on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• Note the tombstone reads Edmund.

Title of Work

• Forgotten Heroes: Police Officers Killed in Early Florida 1840-1925

Additional Creator

• Wilbanks, William,1940-

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - col. - 4 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Gravestones
• Grave markers
• Graves--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
• Burial rites--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
• Death rites--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
• Rites of passage
• Belief and custom
• Sepulchral monuments--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
• Practices

Geographic Term

• Leon County (Fla.)
• Tallahassee (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Bowdoin, James Edmon, 1872-1925--Tomb.

Subject Corporate

• Oakland Cemetery (Tallahassee, Fla.)

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