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John Wesley “Wes” Hardin is our
5th cousin 2 times removed. He is well documented with many records and photographs. He was a notorious outlaw of the old west and also a 4th cousin of Doc Holliday.
John Wesley Hardin is credited
with forty killings in stand-up gunfights, ambushes and running battles on
horseback. It has been said that
whenever Hardin rode out of a town, dead men were always left behind. By the time he reached his 20th birthday,
John was regarded as one of the deadliest gunfighters in the west. He had
killed a number of men, had a confrontation with Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene,
and was wanted by the Texas State police and the Texas Rangers.
John Wesley Hardin was killed
by John Selman, Sr. when Selman shot Hardin in
the back of the head in the
ACME Saloon in El Paso, TX. Wes Hardin's
last
words were, "Four sixes to
beat..."
www.kanasas
heritage.org
He was an American outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon of the Old West. Hardin found himself in trouble with the law at an
early age, and spent the majority of his life being pursued by both local
lawmen and federal troops of the reconstruction era. He often used the residences of family and
friends to hide out from the law.
Hardin was born near Bonham, Texas, in 1853 to Methodist preacher and circuit rider, James "Gip" Hardin, and Mary
Elizabeth Dixson.[1][6] He is named after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination of the
Christian church.[7] In his
autobiography, Hardin described his mother as "blond, highly cultured...
[while] charity predominated in her disposition.[8]:5 Hardin's father
traveled over much of central Texas on his preaching circuit until, in 1859, he
and his family settled in Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas. There, Joseph Hardin taught school,
and established a learning institution that John Wesley and his siblings
attended.
Hardin killed his first man at the age of 15. Texas was ruled by the military according to
congressional reconstruction policies and Hardin believed that he would not
receive a fair trial. He fled and later claimed to have killed three
soldiers who were sent to arrest him and that his relatives and neighbors
helped him bury and hide the evidence. In 1869, his father sent him away
from the area to teach school in Pisga, Navarro County, where other relatives
lived. He left the school after one term to take up more lucrative
pursuits. He developed his skills in gambling and became enamored of
horse racing. By the end of 1869, Hardin by his own admission had killed
a freedman and four soldiers. In December of that year he killed Jim
Bradly in a fight after a card game. His life subsequently became a
pattern of gambling, saloons, fights, and killing.
Hardin spent 17 years
in prison where he studied criminal law.
When he was released he was pardoned by the governor of Texas. He eventually returned to his wicked ways and
was shot and killed.
John Wesley Hardin Obituary
Marcus
Mark Hardin * (1681
- 1735) Marcus
Mark Hardin * (1681 - 1735)
is our
6th great grandfather is
his 6th great grandfather
Mark Hardin * (1718 - 1790) Henry
Hardin (1720-1797)
son
of Marcus Mark Hardin * son
of Marcus Mark Hardin
Benjamin Hardin * (1753 -
1834) William
Everett Hardin (1741-1810)
son
of Mark Hardin * son
of Henry Hardin
Daniel Hardin * (1790 -
1850) Swan
Hardin (1773-1829)
son
of Benjamin Hardin * son
of William Everett Hardin
Martin V Hardin (1834 -
1881) Benjamin
Watson Hardin (1796-1850)
son
of Daniel Hardin * son
of Swan Hardin
Nancy Wilson Hardin * (1858
- 1933) Rev.
James Gibson Hardin (1823-1876)
daughter
of Martin V Hardin son
of Benjamin Watson Hardin
Walter Scott Bramblett *
(1882 - 1978) John
Wesley Hardin (1853-1895)
son
of Nancy Wilson Hardin * son of rev. james Gibson
Hardin
daughter
of Walter Scott Bramblett *
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