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Joseph Smith

Name:: Joseph Smith
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 190014
State:: Iowa
Date Execution:: 1906-04-20
Age:: 43
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Monroe
County FIPS Code:: 19135
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