40 TIMES A HERO

By Norman B. Wiltsey

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40 TIMES A HERO

 By Norman B. Wiltsey

Folks, sooner or later, Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer's dusty shelves. If we can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, it's worth all the time we spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Ancestors, Forefathers, Soldiers, and our Native American Indians, our indexed listings will include all names mentioned in the story from this time on.

ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN:

1868 – 1895

ANCESTOR’S LOCATION:

Kansas, Texas

GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED (* indicates pictured):

Anderson, Bud - Helped Hardin escape, after the killing of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb.

Anderson, Ham - Helped Hardin escape, after the killing of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb. Killed by the mob.

Armstrong, John "McNelly's Bulldog" - Texas Ranger Captain who tricked Neal Bowen, ultimately finding out where Hardin was located.

Barrickman, Alex - Killed by the mob.

Bass Outlaw - Killed by Deputy Constable John Selman.

Bowen, Brown - Brother-in-law of Hardin. Wrote the letter that resulted in Hardin's capture. Publicly accused Hardin of Webb's murder. Hanged for the killing of Tom Halderman.

Bowen, Jane - Married John Wesley Hardin.

Bowen, Neal - Father of Jane Bowen. John Wesley Hardin's Father-in-law.

Bradley, "Big" Jim - Killed by John Wesley Hardin.

Brown, Henry - Friend of Hardin.

Brown, Rube - Sheriff in Waco who arrested Billy Taylor.

Campbell, Neal - Companion of Hardin in Pensacola.

Carrington, Doc - Aided the wounded Hardin after his run in with Phil Sublet.

Carson, Tom - One of Wild Bill's Deputies.

Chipley, Will - Manager of the Pensacola Railroad, who assisted Captain Armstrong in the location of Hardin.

Christman, Jake - Killed by Taylor gunmen. Credited to Hardin.

Clements, Gip - Brother of Manning Clements. A Taylor kinsman.

Clements, Manning - One of Hardin's "Texas Pals". A Taylor kinsman.

Coe, Phil - Friend of Hardin. Owner of Bull's Head Saloon. Murdered by Wild Bill Hickok.

Coleman, John - Ran for Sheriff in Gonzales.

Collins, Jack - Friend of John Wesley Hardin.

Coran, Bill - Murdered Texas cattleman. Avenged by Hardin.

Cox, Jim - Killed by Taylor gunmen. Credited to Hardin.

Cunningham, Bill - Friend of Hardin, who betrayed him during Charley Webb's murder trial.

Davis - Posse member who apprehended Hardin after he escaped from Captain John Stokes. Killed by Hardin.

Davis, Governor - Sent posse to arrest Hardin.

Day, Alf - Jim Taylor's nephew.

Dixon, "Simp" - Faithful cousin of John Wesley Hardin.

Dixon, Bud - Friend of Hardin. Participated in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb. Lynched by the mob.

Dixon, Tom - Lynched by the mob.

Dodds, J. L. - Foreman in the Jury who convicted Hardin of Webb's murder.

Duncan, Jack - Ranger who aided Captain Armstrong in bringing Hardin to trial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb. Served on the Chicago and Dallas Police force.

Fisher, King - Brother of Ben Thompson.

Halderman, Tom - Killed by Brown Bowen.

Hardie, Shep - Companion of Hardin in Pensacola.

Hardin, Jane - Wife of John Wesley Hardin.

Hardin, Joe G. - Brother of John Wesley Hardin. Lynched by the mob.

Hardin, John Wesley * - Arguably the West's most deadliest gunfighter. Subject of article.

Hardin, Johnny - Son of John Wesley Hardin.

Harper, Frank - Friend of Hardin who recognized him in Gainsville, Florida.

Harper, Jesse - Hired by Hardin as a driver.

Harper, John - Hired by Hardin as a driver.

Harrell, Dave - Aided Hardin during one of his runs from a mob.

Hazel, Jessie - Dancing girl, slapped around by a drunk Hickok.

Helms, Jack - Sheriff. Ally of Billy Sutton.

Heycox, Bill * - John Wesley Hardin's pronouncing of "Wild Bill" Hickok.

Hickok, "Wild Bill" * - Unethical Marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

Hogg, James Stephen - Governor who issued Hardin's pardon from Rusk Prison in 1894.

Holshousen, Clabe - Uncle of John Wesley Hardin.

Houston - Governor in Alabama.

Hubbard - Texas Governor.

Hutchinson - Sheriff in Pensacola during Hardin's arrest.

Jimson - Doctor who treated Hardin at Rusk.

Jones - Posse member who apprehended Hardin after he escaped from Captain John Stokes. Killed by Hardin.

Jones, Barnett - Helped the injured Hardin after his run in with Phil Sublet.

Jones, W. E. (Bill) - Sheriff at Gonzales County.

Karnes, John - Sheriff in Comanche.

Kellys - Part of the Taylor side of the Taylor-Sutton Fued.

Kenedy, Gus - Policeman who accompanied Hardin on his unsuccessful trip to New Orleans.

"Little Seven Up" - Nickname given to John Wesley Hardin by Phil Coe.

Longley, "Bad Bill" - Reputed gunfighter smart enough not to pick a fight with Hardin.

Maje - First person murdered by John Wesley Hardin.

Mann, Jim - Companion of Hardin in Pensacola.

McCullough, Bill - Friend of Hardin who ran into him in Gainesville, Florida.

McMellon, Neal - Sheriff of Escambia County, Pollard, Alabama.

McNelly, Leander * - Texas Rangers Captain.

McRose, Mrs. - Arrested by "Young John" Selman for displaying a pistol while drunk. Fancied by Hardin.

Morgan - Owner of The Morgan Ranch.

Morgan, J. B. - Chief Deputy to Sheriff Helms. Killed by Hardin.

Nugent, T. L. - Lawyer in Stephenville, on Hardin's defense for the trial of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb's murder.

O'Conner - Arrested in Hemphill, by Policeman Spites because he was wearing a pistol.

Pridgens - Part of the Taylor side of the Taylor-Sutton Fued.

Purdue, A. J. - Deputy Sheriff in Pensacola.

Reagan, Dick - Sheriff at Rusk in Cherokee County.

Reagan, Mrs. - Wife of Sheriff Dick Reagan.

Renick, S. H. - Lawyer in Waco, on Hardin's defense for the trial of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb's murder.

Reverend Hardin - Father of John Wesley Hardin. Pioneering minister and Circuit rider.

Reynolds, N. O. - Lieutenant of the famous Frontier Battalion who escorted Hardin to Comanche.

Scarborough, George - U. S. Deputy Marshal who gunned down John Selman.

Selman, "Young John" - Policeman. Son of Constable John Selman.

Selman, John * - Deputy Constable. Gunfighter who shot and killed John Wesley Hardin in the back.

Sheridan, Philip - General in command of Texas after Civil War.

Slaughter, Gabe - A Sutton clansman. Murdered by Billy Taylor.

Smith - Posse member who apprehended Hardin after he escaped from Captain John Stokes. Killed by Hardin.

Smith, "Bear River" Tom - Murdered Marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

Smolley, Jim - Killed by John Wesley Hardin

Spites – Policemen who arrested O'Conner and slapped a boy. Shot at, but not killed by Hardin.

Stokes, John - Captain.

Sublet, Phil - Shot Hardin with a shotgun after a game of ten-pins.

Sutton, Billy - Killed Charlie Taylor, starting the Taylor-Sutton Fued.

Sutton, Mrs. - Wife of Billy Sutton.

Swain - Marshal who assisted in relocating Jane Hardin to John Wesley Hardin,

Swain, J. H. - Alias used by John Wesley Hardin in Florida.

Taylor, Billy - A Taylor clansman. Killed Gabe Slaughter.

Taylor, Buck - Attempted to kill Billy Sutton after Charlie Taylor's murder. Ended up dead.

Taylor, Charlie - Ex-Confederate soldier.

Taylor, Jim - Participated in killing of Sheriff Jack Helms. Shot and killed Billy Sutton.

Taylor, Mrs. - Put up $1,000 as a reward for the arrest of Jim Taylor.

Teagarden, Wiliam - Doctor who examined Hardin.

Tenniles - Part of the Taylor side of the Taylor-Sutton Fued.

Thompson, Ben * - Deft-fingered Austin gambler. Owner of Bull's Head Saloon.

Webb, Charley - Deputy Sheriff of Brown County. Shot and killed by Hardin.

Williams, John - Fellow prisoner of Hardin who manufactured keys for one of Hardin's planned escapes, and gave him a loaded gun. He ultimately confessed when questioned by the guards.

Williams, Mike - Deputy murdered by Wild Bill Hickok.

Wilson, Frank - Deputy in Comanche.

Wiltsey, Norman B. - Author

PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS:

1. John Wesley Hardin

2. Courthouse in Breham, Texas in 1870's.

3. John Selman, the gunfighter who gunned down Hardin in the Acme Saloon.

4. Street scene in Abilene, Kansas in 1870's.

5. Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, showing the old Capitol top center.

6. El Paso in 1883.

7. Abilene, Kansas, as it appeared during the time Hardin was there.

8. John Wesley Hardin after death.

9. Captain Lee McNelly of the Texas Rangers.

10. Wild Bill Hickok, Marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

11. Illustration of a hanging.

12. Ben Thompson. Friend of Hardin.

13. Austin, Texas, in the early days of 1880.

PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED (* indicates pictured):

Abilene, Kansas - "Cow Capital of the Nation"

Abiline Kansas *

Acme Saloon

Albuquerque in Wilson County

American Hotel in Abilene

Arkansas Gamblers

Austin Statesmen

Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas in 1880 *

Bar at Pilgram's

Barnet Hardin's in Hill County, Texas

Belton in Bell County, Texas

"Border Roll"

Brazos

Brenham, in Washington County

Brown County

Bryan - Neighboring town of Brenham

Bull's Head Saloon

Chisholm Trail

Clinton - Steamship

Colt .44 six-shooter

Confederacy

Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas *

Cotton Gin, in Limestone County (Texas)

Cuero

DeWitt County

Doc - One of Hardin's horses

Doc Carrington's Office

Dragoon Colt

El Paso, Texas 1883 *

Escambia County, Pollard, Alabama

Fancy Jim's cabin

Fannin County, Texas - Birthplace of John Wesley Hardin

Federal Soldiers

Frontier Battalion

Gainesville, Florida

Gonzales Jail

Gonzales, Texas

Great Flood of September 1875, Indianola

Guadalupe River Valley

Hardin Ranch

Harrell Ranch in Angelina County

Hemphill, in Sabine County

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Huntsville

Indian Territory

Indianola on the Gulf Coast of Texas

Indians

"Ironclad Oath"

Jack Harris' Variety Theater in San Antone

Jacksonville

Jim Page's Settlement

Kansas

Ku Klux Klan

Line of Georgia and Florida

Little Rock

Lone Star Saloon

Longview

Louisiana

Memphis

Mexican Border

Mobile Red Light District

Montgomery, Alabama

Navarro County

Negro Policemen - Used by Governor Davis to establish the control of Texas

New Orleans

Newton Prairie

North Cottonwood (Creek)

Old Mexico

Pensacola Junction

Pensacola Railroad

Pinkerton Detectives

Pollard, Alabama

Red River

Remington .45

Richland bottoms

Richland saloon in the Southern corner of Navarro County

Roaring Kansas Railhead Towns

Rondo - One of Hardin's horses

Rusk in Cherokee County

Rusk Prison

Rusk Prison "Horror Chamber"

Santone

Shiloh - One of Hardin's horses

Smokey River

State House in Austin

Sulphur Springs

Sumter

Taylor-Sutton Fued

Ten-pins

Texarkana

Texas

Texas Rangers

Texas State Police

The Morgan Ranch

Till Watson's Ranch

Tomlinson Ranch near Yorktown in DeWitt County

Towash - Town on the Brazos

Town of Comanche

Trail for Texas

Travis County Jail

Trinity City

Trinity City Saloon

Trinity County

Trinity River

United States Army

Waco, Texas

War Between the States

Wigwam Saloon in El Paso

Wilson County

Wright's Saloon

Yankee Soldiers

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