The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-31

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Hunt en uon: Rcoest O.. South Sulphur.
RifIemen 1G... cS, p; IT T.zse Mounted
service ct 20, now 6S; We n 6sSt = hssS
81 Co,orado river. May. 1851, whsrs Can t,s
Tain Davidson Of Co. + ana Indv ucrss$,
kf1led, '1sss oonAachss
Harkey. Jos H., Rschiaod spr,prr =,
SABA county; Co. d. (Captain Rufe PERM
rEonuM battalion; entered service a III
NV Nv ~; was IN two nghts, enc at Las
| 1s74-76. e'eeAs' winser q
jennings. Albert A.. Lesndsr. w,i,,Am..,
county; Co. B. Captain Cox). Frontter
battalion; entered service 1t 20, now ~.
JenninEs. w. t., Leander, Williamson
| county; Co. G, Frontier Battalion: on
tered service at 81, now 80; never wounded,
King, John R., Stockdale, Wilson county.
served under Captains Matthew Caldwell.
James Bird. Ben McCulioch. II. n. Nc.
Cuiioch, and Colonel H. q. McCulloch:
| entered service In 1899 at 20, now 81; was
| In battle of the Salado, near San Antonio.
fsl! Of 1912: with General Tsyiors army
IN 1876; In fight on Arkansas river Ncyem-
Der l. 1850, with Indians. wounded In
right breast With an arrow.
Kennedy, James Wilson, Paige Bastrop
county; Captain ]. j. GrumbIes' O.. an
tered service in tS49 at "a. now 72; was
In no regular battle. took part In numerou.
skirmishes.
Lubbock. Frank R., Austin, Travis coun-
ty served in "Milam Gaurds." Captain
Danteis; entered service in 1888 at rs, now
81; took no Indian scalps and was never
wounded, but saw much hard service.
Lambert, Win, Houston, Harris county:
iirst saw Indian service with Co. D. LIST
United States Infantry, at Fort Smelling,
minnesota, In 1847. his father being an
officer In that command; after fathers
death in Texas, 1S49. Joined the same COM
Iany as drummer. at Eagle Pass, (Fort
Duncan), on the Rio Grande, where in
1851. first saw a white man killed by In
dams; eleven arrows were stuck In his
Dody, and every vestige Of scalp taken
from his head; first service as Texas
Ranger with Captain John s. Ford. in 1859,
unattached; under Captain Ed Burleson 10
| months in 1860, and Captain w. G.. Tubin.
as I'd It,. G. D, LIST Reg't Texas Mounted
Riflemen, 1861; lots OF hard scouting and
much suffering fer food and water; one
! fight at head of Colorado river May, 1871;
| entered Texas service at 10, now So.
McGehee, Charles Lucius San Marcos
Hays county; Captain James Callahans
company, 1855; entered service at IT, low
SO; IN fight at La Escondida, near Nun
| clova, Mexico.
Nelson, William Horatio, Laredo, Webb
county; Co. e. Captain FOSTER, and Co.
| A, Captain Colwell), Frontier Battalion;
entered service at 30, now 81; was detailed
for special detective work. and wounded at
| Waco while making an arrest
Pitts, Captain William Augustus, Austin,
Travis county; served under Captains Henry
| d. McCulloch. James H. Callahan, John s.
Ford, and as Captain OF Co. B, 1st Reg't
of Texas Mounted Riflemen, in 1891; en-
| tered service at 20, now 67 was in chase
after Indians December 25, 1S50--not very
Merry Christmas" with Callahan In the
battle of La Esoondida, October 4, 1855,
near Monclova, Mexico, to which point q
| large body of Indians had been followed
from Texas; with Ford In his big fight ON
the Canadian. May IL, 1858, when the Chief
Iron Jacket" was killed; was never
wounded, but several times arrows struck
| his horse and saddle.
Parker. Willis, Tanglewood, Lee county;
born at "Parker's Fort" near what 10 now
the city of Weatherford, and relative Of
Cynthia Ann Parker. the white captive res
cued from the Comanches by Capt. Sui
Ross; entered service at 13, now II; served
under Captains Watkins, Edtnburg and
! Bennett, and in 1S47 and 1s4S under Capt.
Hays; hauled provisions from the old town
of Washington to old Fort Gates, in Coryell
county; was in Indian fight at Bozemans
ferry, where John Bohemian was killed.
Raven, Hermann Leopolt, Round Rock,
Hives in Travis county served under Cap
tains Sam Highsmith, j. j. Grumbles,
Henry Il. McCulloch, Owen Shaw; entered
service at 16, now 66; was In many hard
scouts; in several fights--one under Nc
Ctillock at head Of San Saba river; enother
ON the San Rogue, northeast Of Laredo;
wounded once with an arrow.
Roberts, Daniel Webster. Nogal New
Mexico; was 20 years old when he enlisted
| In the regular Ranger service; participated
| in fights against Indians: Deer Creek, Au.
gust, 1871. in Blanco county, where nine-
teen white men were engaged, he and his
brother were severely wounded; Big Sa-
| line, Menard county. September, 1874
where his horse was shot undar him; Little
Saline fight, Menard county September.
\ 1874; Las Moras, Menard county. Noyem-
Der, 1874; Staked Plain fight August, 1876.
a Mexican boy who was held prisoner was
recaptured; Dove creek, Tom Green county,
| 1876; is now Sc years old.
l Ibu5CiSs JohH liuiAAS, <hASSt AsuNSNS S~N---
ty; entered service at 10. now "a; first, Co.
B Capt, Sam McMurray). 1882; next, Co.
F Capt. 10 Shelly. 1884; next. Co. q, OF
which he is now captain. Frontier Bat
TALON; was in several fights. the most
noted being "the Conner fight" in Sa-
! bine county, in 1886. where he was
wounded
Speed, John James. Lewisvi1le. Denton
county; Co. A, Frontier Battalion; entered
service at 81, now 40; was in all the active
scouts in Mason county, in 1878 and 1875.
| bringing the raiding bandits and toughs OF
that day to Justice; was In fight with
Scott Cooley, near Fort Mason. and helped
to capture fifteen of his gangof marauders
| Cooley "got away"
| Wells, Louis Burton. Granger, William
son county Co. B (Capt. Marsh. Co.
| (Capts Nevis and Gillespie), Frontier
Battalion; was In the killing scrape. IN
Colorado City. Mitchell county. In the dis
charge OF duty. when j. M. Sedberry, "
d. Melton and himself were charged with
! the murder of W. p. Paterson; entered
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