Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Wyatt Luther Nugent, Sr., also known as W. L. Nugent (October 30, 1891 – April 21, 1936), was a sheriff of Grant Parish in north central Louisiana, who with a deputy, Delmer Lee Brunson, was slain in the line of duty. The crime, stemming from a dispute over the enforcement of the state's tick eradication law, is still considered the worst in Grant Parish history. Nugent, a Democrat, had been elected to a third term in the general election held on the day he was slain.A former clerk of court in Grant Parish, Sheriff Nugent was the son of Matthew Columbus Nugent (1868–1955) and the former Lucy E. Walker (1873–1909). He was married to the former Lydia Ann Rosier (1895–1976), daughter of Dan E. Rosier. The couple had eleven children, deceased sons and daughters, Herschel, Herman, Harold, John, Lucy Hargis, Thelma King, Doris McGinty, and Frances N. Petrus (1927-2014), and surviving sons, as of July 2014, W. L., Jr., Herbert, and O. D. \"Pop\" Nugent. Frances Petrus was the widow of Alfred Joseph Petrus (1920-2009), a superintendent of water distribution for his native Shreveport prior to a political and legal dispute in 1977 with then Public Utilities Commissioner Billy Guin. Thereafter, Petrus worked in the private sector and was a long-term champion of veterans causes."@en }
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- Wyatt_Luther_Nugent abstract "Wyatt Luther Nugent, Sr., also known as W. L. Nugent (October 30, 1891 – April 21, 1936), was a sheriff of Grant Parish in north central Louisiana, who with a deputy, Delmer Lee Brunson, was slain in the line of duty. The crime, stemming from a dispute over the enforcement of the state's tick eradication law, is still considered the worst in Grant Parish history. Nugent, a Democrat, had been elected to a third term in the general election held on the day he was slain.A former clerk of court in Grant Parish, Sheriff Nugent was the son of Matthew Columbus Nugent (1868–1955) and the former Lucy E. Walker (1873–1909). He was married to the former Lydia Ann Rosier (1895–1976), daughter of Dan E. Rosier. The couple had eleven children, deceased sons and daughters, Herschel, Herman, Harold, John, Lucy Hargis, Thelma King, Doris McGinty, and Frances N. Petrus (1927-2014), and surviving sons, as of July 2014, W. L., Jr., Herbert, and O. D. \"Pop\" Nugent. Frances Petrus was the widow of Alfred Joseph Petrus (1920-2009), a superintendent of water distribution for his native Shreveport prior to a political and legal dispute in 1977 with then Public Utilities Commissioner Billy Guin. Thereafter, Petrus worked in the private sector and was a long-term champion of veterans causes.".