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Hardin was born in 1853 near Bonham, Texas, to James Gibson "Gip" Hardin, a Methodist preacher and circuit rider, and Mary Elizabeth Dixson. [2] [5]: 100–108 He was named after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination of the Christian church.
Texan John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent figures of a violent age. ... Still drunk, Hardin pulled out his guns and started firing through the walls, shooting the snoring man in the ...
John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent figures of a violent age. Born in Bonham to a Methodist preacher in 1853, he quickly moved to a life of crime. By the time he was 18, he killed ...
On Friday, October 6, 1871, Special Policemen Green Paramore and John Lackey went to a general store in Nopal in Gonzales County to arrest the outlaw John Wesley Hardin. SPO Paramore went inside and SPO Lackey stayed at the back door. Paramore told Hardin he was under arrest and demanded his two pistols.
In his autobiography, John Wesley Hardin claims to have demonstrated this technique to Wild Bill Hickok. [2] Clint Eastwood recreated the border roll in a scene in The Outlaw Josey Wales where two buffalo hunters momentarily get the drop on him in an Indian agent's outpost. [3]
George Scarborough (October 2, 1859 – April 5, 1900) was a cowboy and lawman who lived during the time of the Wild West.He is best known for having killed outlaw John Selman, killer of John Wesley Hardin, and for his partnership with lawman Jeff Milton, with the pair bringing down several outlaws during their time together.
On October 6, 1871, John Wesley Hardin killed Texas Special Policeman Green Paramore and injured TSP John Lackey. [5] On July 26, 1872, Hardin wounded Texas State Policeman Sonny Speights in the arm with a derringer pistol, in Hemphill, Texas. On July 18, 1873, Hardin was involved in the Taylor-Sutton feud and killed former Texas State Police ...
The Mason County War ended in about November 1876 after about a dozen individuals had been killed. Scott Cooley was thought to be dead and Johnny Ringo and his friend George Gladden were in jail. One of Ringo's alleged cellmates was the notorious killer John Wesley Hardin. [5]