John Wesley Hardin was born 26 May 1853 in Bonham, Texas to Rev. James Gibson "Gap" Hardin Esquire and Mary Elizabeth Dixson.
John's father James was a Methodist Minister and a lawyer and teacher. He wrote once about his mother saying she was a blond highly cultured, and charity predammate in her disposition and she made his father a model wife and helpmate.
He loved his wife and children with tenderness.
John's father James was a Methodist Minister and a lawyer and teacher. He wrote once about his mother saying she was a blond highly cultured, and charity predammate in her disposition and she made his father a model wife and helpmate.
He loved his wife and children with tenderness.
He cam from a rather large family having 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
He was sentenced 5 Jul 1878 to 25 years for murder and was received at Huntsville Prison in Texas, it was claimed he killed 42 men but newspapers only attributed to 27. While he was in prison he wrote his autobiography and studied law. He was released in 1894. In Aug 1895 he was shoot to death by John Selman in a El Paso saloon.
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I have read several books about John but the best is The Life of John Wesley Hardin written in his own words.
I was rather moved by his words and explanations of events, you felt like you were there with him riding the dusty trail and you can smell the saloon and feel the danger.
He is now my favorite outlaw. Smart as a whip and gentle to his children.
If you haven't read it it's free for Kindle.
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