caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
bass reeves 12 january 1910 muskogee , oklahoma , usa crawford county , arkansas , u.s. july 1838 nellie jennie 1864 1896 winnie sumter 1900 1910 bassreeves.jpg bass reeves
 bass reeves deputy u.s. marshal
bass reeves

bass reeves -lrb- july 1838 -- 12 january 1910 -rrb- , one of the first black deputy u.s. marshals west of the mississippi river , arrested over 3,000 felons and shot and killed fourteen outlaws in self-defense .
