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- [S181] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, (familysearch.org).
Name: Anthony Tekulve
Titles & Terms:
Event: Death
Event Date: 09 Jul 1924
Event Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Residence:
Street Address: 737 Delta Ave.
Gender: Male
Death Age: 45y 4m 24d
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Policeman
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1879
Birthplace: Cinti., O.
Estimated Birth Year: 1879
Burial Date: 12 Jul 1924
Burial Place:
Cemetery: Spring Grove
Father: Bernard Tekulve
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother: Mary Kuntz
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Spouse: Alice Tekulve
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Reference Number: fn 39681
Film Number: 1992501
Digital Folder Number: 4001417
Image Number: 1842
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Anthony Tekulve
Birth: Feb. 15, 1879
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Death: Jul. 9, 1924
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
He died in the line of duty in Cincinnati Ohio on July 9th,1924.
Age: 45
Served: 16½ years
February 10, 1908 to July 9, 1924
On June 29, 1924, Detective Tekulve, of 737 Delta Avenue, and another officer attempted to arrest Henry Brown (45) who was terrorizing citizens with a revolver. Brown fired on the officers, striking Detective Tekulve in the jaw and neck. Detective Tekulve was rushed to the General Hospital. Brown was arrested.
Ten days later, on July 9, 1924, at 4:15 p.m., Detective Tekulve died from hemorrhage and sepsis resulting from the wounds. Brown was charged with 1st Degree Murder.
Detective Tekulve's first wife, Magdaline, died of cancer during 1922. He was survived by his second wife, Alice, and three children; William T. Tekulve (25), Stella E. Bertelsman (21), and Ralph R. Tekulve (18). He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, on July 12, 1924, at 11 a.m.
Brown was convicted of 1st Degree Murder. Ohio law had been revised to remove from the discretion of the judge and jury the option of substituting a prison sentence for a death penalty for the killing of a police officer. Brown was electrocuted on February 20, 1925.
Parents : Bernard and Mary Tekulve
Note: More information is available via the Spring Grove website at http://www.springgrove.org/sg/genealogy/stats/99193.tif.pdf
Burial:
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA
Plot: Garden LN, Section 7, Lot 0, Space 160
Maintained by: Patricia (Patti) Joy Ber...
Originally Created by: Auto Graver
Record added: Oct 21, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 79054998
- [S498] Ohio Marriages 1800 - 1958.
Groom's Name: Anthony Tekulve
Groom's Birth Date: 15 Feb 1880
Groom's Birthplace: Cin, Ohio
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Alice M. Stratton
Bride's Birth Date: 12 Nov 1886
Bride's Birthplace: Indiana
Bride's Age: 36
Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1922
Marriage Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Groom's Father's Name: Bernard Tekulve
Groom's Mother's Name: Mary Kunz
Bride's Father's Name: John Stratton
Bride's Mother's Name: Bertha Cook
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Divorced
Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Hamman
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86898-7
System Origin: Ohio-VR
Source Film Number: 0384179
Reference Number: 2:3WT5NV2
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