town marshal
town Marshal for El Paso, Texas
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George Washington Campbell was born in Greenup County Kentucky and was the youngest of five children. He moved to Texas in 1875 and by the end of 1876 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Clay County Texas. In November 1880 Campbell moved to El Paso, Texas, where he was named town marshal on December 1, 1880. He served from late 1880 until January 1881, when he was replaced by a new town marshal, Ed Copeland. Campbell was the last person killed by Dallas Stoudenmire in what would later be dubbed Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight that took place on April 14, 1881.
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