El Paso may not have been big enough for both of them, but the graveyard had room to spare. [7]:119, Hardin was tried for Webb's killing, and on June 5, 1878, was sentenced to serve 25 years in Huntsville Prison. [citation needed], On August 7, 1872, Hardin was wounded by a shotgun blast in a gambling dispute at the Gates Saloon in Trinity, Texas. 1891-1898, May 03, 1895, MAILABLE EDITION., Image 8", "The Law Catches Up with John Wesley Hardin", "Nogalus Prairie Texas, Nogales Prairie Texas, Nogallis Prairie Texas", Website, Early Hernando County History. From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in L.A. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. He wrote that he and Jim Clements prevented the rest of the vaqueros aside from those who were already killed from firing on them by deliberately stampeding the Mexican herd. As noted above, Hardin claimed to have captured Abilene law officer Tom Carson and other officers and humiliated them sans clothing. "John Wesley Harding" by Bob DylanListen to Bob Dylan: https://BobDylan.lnk.to/ss_followYD Subscribe to the official Bob Dylan YouTube channel: https://BobDy. Like a Prayer. [46], On March 11, 1874, the SuttonTaylor feud intensified when Jim and Bill Taylor gunned down Billy Sutton and Gabriel Slaughter[47] as they waited on a steamboat platform in Indianola, Texas. "I would have liked more steel guitar, more piano. Sharing the bill with his folk contemporaries like Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, and Guthrie's son, Arlo, Dylan gave his first public performances in twenty months, backed by the Band (billed then as the Crackers). John Wesley Hardin [John Wesely Hardin] Birth. at Sumpter; p: 1; Dwelling 6, Family 6. [59] On February 14, 1892, during his prison term, he was convicted of another manslaughter charge for the earlier shooting of J.B. Morgan and given a two-year sentence to be served concurrently with his unexpired 25-year sentence. [8]:1[9] The Hardins were Southerners and politically prominent. Johnston recalls that "he was staying in the Ramada Inn down there, and he played me his songs and he suggested we just use bass and guitar and drums on the record. He dismounted and managed to discharge the gun by steadying the cylinder with one hand and pulling the trigger with the other. En svart man som Wes pstod skulle sl honom med en kpp. accessed September 21, 2018, "Boastful Bill Longley: Cold-blooded Texas Killer - HistoryNet", Fastest draw at the auction house: Collectors snap up antique firearms, Old West memorabilia, (Note: Internet Archive digitized 1896 edition is available). The memorial came on January 20, 1968, with a pair of shows at New York's Carnegie Hall. On November 6, 1892, during Hardin's stay in prison, his first wife, Jane, died. The Civil War broke out when Hardin was eight years old. John Wesley Hardin was a notorious Old West outlaw and gunslinger, hailing from America. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, Vol. John Selman was laid to rest in the same cemetery that held the last remains of John Wesley Hardin. His wife, Sara, had given birth to their daughter, Anna, earlier that summer. Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding, The Definitive Collection Part 8 Sealed Vinyl. https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wesley-Hardin, Spartacus Educational - John Wesley Hardin, Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Biography of John Wesley Hardin. [61], While in prison, he wrote an autobiography. A state famous and notorious in equal measure for its outlaws. [7]:106 It is not known if Hardin was directly or indirectly involved in the killing of Reuben Brown, as he makes no further mention of the incident in his life story. (This is not to say that there wasn't a shooting incident. November 1876: Hardin (under the alias of "Swain") and Gus Kennedy were arrested in Mobile, Alabama, for having a deck of marked cards, and ordered to leave town. But he's continued to release music under his alias, a name he shares with a 1967 Bob. He first shouted several times for the man to "rollover" and then, irritated by the lack of response, drunkenly fired several bullets through the shared wall, in an apparent effort to awaken him. Less than three months after its release, John Wesley Harding was certified gold by the RIAA. [100], Hardin's weapons of choice, and several of his personal effects, have been well documented and auctioned to private collectors. [35] Although Hardin may not have intended to kill Couger, he had violated an ordinance prohibiting firing a gun within the city limits. Hardin drew his revolver and shot Maje five times. A witty but more straightforward wordsmith than Mr. C, he pens concise, catchy tunes, fancies himself . [30][31] Hardin admitted to being involved in the shooting of the Mexican. Two buckshot pellets penetrated Hardin's kidney and for a time it looked as if he would die. Dylan Bob : John Wesley Harding CD Value Guaranteed from eBay's biggest seller! His great-grandfather was North Carolina provincial Congressman Colonel Joseph Hardin the father of Congressman Martin D. Hardin of Kentucky and father of Congressman John J. Hardin; relatives included Congressman Benjamin Hardin and Colonel John Hardin of Virginia. "[14], In the February 3, 1968 issue of Melody Maker, the album was reviewed and announced for release in Britain on February 23. John Wesley Harding shares many stylistic threads with, and was recorded around the same time as, the prolific series of home recording sessions with The Band, partly released in 1975 as The Basement Tapes, and released in complete form in 2014 as The Bootleg Series Vol. When Webb replied he had not, Hardin invited him into the hotel for a drink. Back. Index to miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress 1867-68 .p.18 {Texas} 1868", Hardin misspells Stakes name as "Stokes" and Smalley name as "Smolly". 1895 "Hardin" - Shoulder Rig $ 259.00. Join the club in our final episode of the season as we discuss Fables in a Foreign Land, the LA punk rock scene, and Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding. The album sleeve is also notable for its liner notes, written by Dylan himself. Not tempted to incorporate even later basement visions like 'Going to Acapulco' and 'Clothesline Saga,' Dylan managed in less than six weeks to construct his most perfectly executed official collection."[25]. Hardin says he feigned crying and huddled against his pony's flank. [Verse 3] Thy choicest gifts in store On him be pleased to pour Long may he reign May he defend our laws And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice God save the king [Verse 4] Not in this . The Bull's Head Tavern, in Abilene, Kansas, had been established as a partnership between ex-lawman Ben Thompson and gambler Phil Coe. While recuperating from his wounds, Hardin decided he wanted to settle down. John Wesley Hardin, (born May 26, 1853, Bonham county, Texas, U.S.died Aug. 19, 1895, El Paso, Texas), most notorious killer and quick-draw gunman of the Texas frontier. All Along the Watchtower iTUNES 5. Behind Dylan is Charlie Joy, a local stonemason and carpenter. John Wesley Hardin's legacy as an outlaw has made him a colorful character and the subject of various media works from his own time up to the present day. Instead, Dylan used a different set of songs for John Wesley Harding. He killed at least 21 men in gun duels and ambushes in the period 1868-77. "[7]:5 Hardin's father traveled over much of central Texas on his preaching circuit until he settled his family in Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas, in 1859. A All along this countryside, E He opened a many a door, A But he was never known D To hurt an. "[9] The final session did break from the status quo by employing Pete Drake on the final two recordings. In a vintage 1924 article, John Hunter quotes John Wesley Hardin's midwife as predicting he would either turn out to be a "great hero" or a "monumental villain." In truth, he was wholly neither and a little of both. Two Texas state policemen, Captain Edward T. Stakes and an officer named Jim Smalley,[7]:3031[21] were assigned to escort Hardin to Waco for trial. May 26, 1874: Hardin killed Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Comanche, Texas. [7]:46, On July 4, 1871, a Texas trail boss named William Cohron[28] was killed on the Cottonwood Trail (40 miles (64km) south of Abilene) by an unnamed Mexican, who "fled south"[29] and was subsequently killed by two cowboys in a Sumner County, Kansas, restaurant on July 20. xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx Oklahoma, USA. "[7]:44 Later that night, Hardin was confronted by Hickok, who told him that he was wearing guns in violation of town ordinance and ordered him to hand over his guns, which he did but in a quite surprising way:[32] Hardin reached down, picked his revolvers up from the holsters, and handed the guns to Wild Bill butts forward, then swiftly rolled them over in his hands and suddenly Wild Bill was staring right into their muzzles. However, both men did back down. [7]:30 Following his arrest, he was held temporarily in a log jail in the town of Marshall, awaiting transfer to Waco for trial. Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west!!! Finally, in flight from Texas, he was caught in a Pensacola, Fla., train depot and returned to Austin, Texas, for trial in September 1877. As late as 2000, Clinton Heylin wrote, "John Wesley Harding remains one of Dylan's most enduring albums. "All Along the Watchtower" became one of his most popular songs after Jimi Hendrix's rendition was released in the autumn of 1968. "They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. John Wesley Hardin Quotes (Author of The Life of John Wesley Hardin) Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Hidden by the animal, he pulled out a gun, fatally shot Smalley, and used his horse to escape. Hardin leapt from the roof into the street and hid in a haystack for the rest of the night. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). / "We Better Talk This Over", "Union Sundown" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground", "I and I" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground", "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" / "Emotionally Yours", This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 13:06. It was reported at the time that Webb was shot as he was pulling out an arrest warrant for one of Hardin's group. The Truth. He claimed credit for many murders that cannot be corroborated. [13] Original CD editions from the 1980s and 1990s have the copyright year of 1968. [17] Hardin also briefly taught school in Pisgah. He eventually submitted nearly all of them for copyright, but declined to include any of them in his next studio release (Dylan would not release any of those recordings to the commercial market until 1975's The Basement Tapes, by which time some of them had been bootlegged, usually sourced from an easy-to-find set of publisher's demos). Bowen had been charged with the December 17, 1872, killing of Thomas Holderman. He saw Hickok arrive with four policemen. John W Hardin [67], A century later, on August 27, 1995, there was a confrontation between two groups at the site of Hardin's grave. John Wesley (Wes) Hardin, outlaw, son of James G. and Elizabeth Hardin, was born in Bonham, Texas, on May 26, 1853. John Wesley Hardin was one of the Old West's most notorious killers: a ruthless outlaw who once killed a man just for snoring. Around this time, there were also major changes in Dylan's private life: his father died from a heart attack, prompting Dylan to return to Hibbing to attend the funeral. "[7]:1011, On February 17, 1894, Hardin was released from prison, having served seventeen years of his twenty-five-year sentence. The liner notes to the Dylan mono box states December 17, 1967 as the original date of release. His autobiography was published posthumously in 1925 by Bandera publisher, historian, and journalist J. Marvin Hunter, who founded both the Frontier Times magazine and the Frontier Times Museum. Dylan had arrived in Nashville with a set of songs similar to the feverish yet pithy compositions that came out of The Basement Tapes. "The 'album concept' and progressive-pop movement, which was virtually unearthed with Pepper, was indeed the order of the day. [23][notes 2][24][25] Hardin writes that he was made trail boss for the herd. Sometimes disparaged for his striking vocal similarity to Elvis Costello who has, himself, expressed displeasure with the uncanny likeness Wesley Harding Stace boasts many appealing virtues that belong to him alone. The first session, held on October 17 at Columbia's Studio A, lasted only three hours, with Dylan recording master takes of "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine", "Drifter's Escape", and "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest". One, Volumes 13 (Rare & Unreleased) 19611991, Vol. Free Postage. . He then forced a war party to flee after he shot a second Indian who had killed a beef cow. After Bowen's execution in the summer of 1878, Hardin was implicated in Holderman's death as well. This time, Hickok allowed Hardin to carry his pistols into town - something he had never allowed others to do. If you wish to be successful in life, be temperate and control your passions; if you don't, ruin and death is the result. 15: Travelin Thru 19671969. [6] It was voted number 203 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[7]. [15] It first charted there on March 2, at number 25, before achieving a run of 13 weeks at number 1. John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense.. The first instance was when an Indian tried to shoot an arrow at him on the South Canadian River. media listen watch subscribe about contact Open Menu Close Menu. For his part, Hardin (still using his alias) was fascinated by Wild Bill and reveled in being seen on intimate terms with such a celebrated gunfighter. Return to his roots for Dylan and such a clean version. A contemporary newspaper account did report a fight in Union Hill, Texas, between circus "canvasmen" and "roughs" who tried to get in without paying, although the outcome did not conclude the way Hardin claimed it did. The argument against. After the early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, a new breed of folk icons inhabited the Wild West, and one of the most notorious and controversial of them all is John Wesley Hardin, still regarded today as Texas' most deadly . He claims he was left alone with Smalley, who began to taunt and beat the then 17-year-old prisoner with the butt of a pistol. Hardin wrote in his autobiography that he rode to get help for the wounded man, but Maje died three days later. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall, Vol. As I Went Out One Morning iTUNES 3. 2.69. Infuriated, Thompson tried to incite his new acquaintance, Hardin, by exclaiming to him: "He's a damn Yankee. Previous versions differ. However, before the retrial could be organized Selman was killed in a shootout with US Marshal George Scarborough on April 6, 1896, during an argument following a card game. It was about this time that Hardin married Jane Bowen and started to keep regular company with her brother, cattle rustler Robert Bowen. Someone had discovered little pictures of The Beatles and the hand of Jesus in the tree trunk. In the song, Dylan accepts Hardin's own account of himself as a good citizen who was more sinned against than a sinner: As Dylan sings, "He was never known to hurt an honest man." But, the Summer Of Love was, indeed, over, and people . [notes 12] He also carried an Elgin watch[101] when he was shot and killed. The track durations cited here are those of the remastered version released September 16, 2003, and re-released June 1, 2004. [7]:4649[notes 4]. Hardin denied writing the poetry, claiming in turn that Sloter was the author. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Vol. Hardin was a prime example of that special breed of men known collectively as "gunfighters." Given the . De ese disco de Bob Dylan. A Savannah newspaper claimed the killer was John Wesley Hardin on a cattle drive in central Florida but offered no proof Hardin was involved. A man called "Judge Moore", who held Hardin's stakes of money and a pistol, refused to give them up without Bradley's consent and later "vanished". [7]:1011, In 1867[7]:7 while attending his father's school, Hardin was taunted by another student, Charles Sloter. [7]:101[49][notes 5] After this, Hardin and Jim Taylor parted ways for good.Hardin would claim that he twice drove away men connected to the feud who had come after him, killing a man in each encounter. Although there are no contemporary newspaper reports of this shooting, this killing is mentioned in a 1924 account by Texas cattleman George N. Steen, who reported: The Alachua county coroner (who was allegedly part of the mob according to Hardin) afterward rendered the verdict that "Eli" had died after setting fire to the jail himself. [8] According to a newspaper article in 1900, shortly after being released from prison, Hardin committed negligent homicide when he made a $5 bet that he could "at the first shot" knock a Mexican man off the soapbox on which the man was "sunning" himself, winning the bet and leaving the man dead from the fall and not the gunshot.[54]. Never had Dylan constructed an album-as-an-album so self-consciously. [5][10] Hardin was nearly expelled over the incident. He claimed self-defense, stating that he witnessed Hardin attempting to draw his pistol upon seeing him enter the saloon, and a hung jury resulted in his being released on bond, pending a retrial. January 22, 1871: Hardin killed Texas State Policeman John Smalley. And there, with just a couple of guys, he put those songs down on tape. Citizens complained to town marshal "Wild Bill" Hickok. The Colt, with a .38-caliber .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12" barrel, is nickel-plated, with blued hammer, trigger, and screws. 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Sometime during the evening, Hardin was awakened by loud snoring coming from Couger's room. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. on Beatles Sgt. Hardin claimed he ambushed lawman Tom Carson and two other deputies there. albums archival releases . State Seals were found on Joseph Hardin after his lynching. C $10.85 + C $15.00 shipping. While the media would never lose interest, Dylan maintained a low enough profile that kept him out of the spotlight. September 1872: Hardin surrendered to Sheriff Reagan, but escaped in October 1872. [12] Reproduced in the liner notes to the eleventh volume of the Dylan Bootleg Series is an article by Al Aronowitz for The New York Times, date stamped December 23, 1967, in which he states that John Wesley Harding would be released "within the next two weeks". Pepper, Their Satanic Majesties Request, After Bathing at Baxter's, somebody must have had a lot of confidence in what he was doing Dylan seems to feel no need to respond to the predominate [sic] trends in pop music at all. "I didn't intentionally come out with some kind of mellow sound," Dylan said in 1971. John Wesley Hardin ( Bonham, Texas, [ 1] 26 de maio de 1853 [ 2] - El Paso, Texas, 19 de agosto de 1895 [ 2] ). Hickok saw Hardin, who was 16 years younger than he, as a youthful, budding killer to whom he could offer guidance in the savage world of the Old West. September 1873, in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, a former slave named Allen May was shot and killed. [7]:24[14], In January 1871, Hardin was arrested for the murder of Waco, Texas, city marshal Laban John Hoffman; however, he denied committing this crime. Hardin wrote that he was first exposed to violence in 1861 when he saw a man named Turner Evans stabbed by John Ruff. He was well known for exaggerating or fabricating stories about his life and claimed credit for many killings that cannot be corroborated. Years later, Hardin referred to the episode: Hardin exchanged words with the man in charge of the other herd; both men were on horseback. Hardin, having by then recovered from the injuries sustained in Sublett's attack, admitted that there were reports that he had led the fights in which these men were killed but would neither confirm nor deny his involvement: "as I have never pleaded to that case, I will at this time have little to say"[7]:81, Hardin's main notoriety in the SuttonTaylor feud came from his part in the killing of two lawmen known to be Sutton family allies. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties", "The Bob Dylan Who's Who/ Harding, John Wesley", "Dylan's Col. LP Getting Blockbuster Response", "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Archive of all issues from1942 to 1996", "British album certifications Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding", "American album certifications Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding", Recording Industry Association of America, "Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: Getting back to rock's funky, essential essence", Live 19612000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances, Bob Dylan The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings, Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. Hardin's parents and wife were taken into protective custody, while his brother Joe and two cousins, brothers Bud and Tom Dixon, were arrested on outstanding warrants. p. 238. " A negro named Mage" gets his face a little scratched in a wrestling match with the 15-year-old John Wesley Hardin and does not handle it in a very mature way, as we can learn from Hardin's posthumously published autobiography The Life Of John Wesley Hardin, "as written by himself . [7]:109, In March 1876, Hardin wounded a man, in Florida, who had tried to mediate a quarrel between him and another man. [8], In November 1868, when he was 15, Hardin challenged his uncle Holshousen's former slave, Major "Maje" Holshousen, to a wrestling match, which Hardin won. [7]:23 Less than a week after this incident, in nearby Kosse, Texas, Hardin was accompanying a prostitute home when they were accosted by her pimp, who demanded money. The Colt's serial number was 84304: the gun was recorded in Colt factory ledgers as shipped on July 16, 1891, to Hartley & Graham, New York City. Hardin admitted that he and his brother Joseph had been involved (along with both Taylors) in the killings. [48] Two of Hardin's accomplices in the shooting were cousin Bud Dixon and Jim Taylor. [54], That night, Hardin went to the Acme Saloon where he began playing dice; his last words were "Four Sixes to Beat". Trachtman, Paul (1974). He was sentenced to 25 years at hard labour in the state prison at Huntsville. While legend has it that Dylan recorded John Wesley Harding after finishing The Basement Tapes sessions with members of the Band, several biographers and discographers have argued that the final reel of basement recordings actually postdates the first John Wesley Harding session. Un bandido con nombre de predicador. In January 1870, Hardin claimed he killed a circus hand at Horn Hill, Texas. Residence. An El Paso lawman, John Selman Jr., arrested Hardin's acquaintance and part-time prostitute, the "widow" M'Rose (or Mroz), for "brandishing a gun in public". According to a contributor here by the name of RobertoArredondo, who researched this release atated that cccording to the Brian Hinton who wrote the book "Bob Dylan Complete Discography," on page 65, confirms that the "John Wesley Harding" LP was released in January 1968 in the USA, and February 23, 1968 in the UK. Hardin was a pioneer of the North Carolina territories west of the Appalachian Mountains, a patriot in the Revolutionary War, and the Patriarch of a large family, being the progenitor of many westward pioneering families of the late-18th and 19th centuries. Hardin claimed that, following his January 1871 escape from Stakes and Smalley, he killed a Mr. Smith, a Mr. Jones, and a Mr. Davis in. Wesley Stace On Mountain Stage. Between escape attempts, Hardin, son of a preacher, read theology and studied law. Thus it was by the fall of 1868 I had killed four men and was myself wounded in the arm. According to Hardin, he did not kill them but forced them to remove all their clothing and walk back to Abilene. Jim Taylor was shot and killed January 1, 1875; Bill Taylor was tried twice and acquitted-one report is that he died about 1890 in Sonora Texas another report is that he was reportedly killed about 1895 in Oklahoma. [55][56][57] Hardin claimed that he was captured while smoking his pipe and that Duncan found Hardin's pistol under his shirt only after his arrest. A brother was killed, but in 1868 during the Lee-Peacock feud. Hardin had numerous confirmed clashes with the law: Hardin's autobiography is filled with statements which can either not be confirmed independently from his book, or differ wildly from the historical record:[7]:1011. Hardin was born in Bonham, Texas in 1853. Hardin made the claim to have outdrawn "Wild Bill" Hickok. John Wesley Hardin earned himself a reputation as one of the Wild West's most pernicious killers. He was plagued by recurring poor health, especially when the wound he had received from Sublett became re-infected in 1883, causing him to be bedridden for almost two years. Stakes and 12 citizens in, July 26, 1872: Texas State Policeman Sonny Speights was wounded in the shoulder by Hardin in. [14] Towards the end of the drive, a Mexican herd crowded in behind Hardin's and there was some trouble keeping the two herds apart. The other group, consisting of locals from El Paso, sought to prevent the move. "[10] However, in a 1995 interview, Berg clarified that although the images seem to resemble the Beatles, this was not done intentionally, nor was he aware of the resemblance until it was pointed out to him after the album's release: "Later on, I got a call from Rolling Stone magazine in San Francisco. New York: Time Life. Hardin's father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and named his son after the founder of the Methodist sect. Old West: The Gunfighters. Well, I had a proof of the cover on my wall, so I went and turned it upside down and sure enough . When contacted by Rolling Stone magazine in 1968, album cover photographer John Berg "acknowledged their presence but was reluctant to talk about it. June 19, 1872: Hardin is wounded in a gunfight in. The Mexican fired his gun at Hardin, putting a hole through Hardin's hat. Bob Dylan's eighth studio album John Wesley Harding (released 12/27/67) may be the most singular piece of work he's ever created. In May 2002, Disney pulled the plug on Mammoth Records just weeks before the June 25th release date of John Wesley Harding's The Man with No Shadow. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. May 26, 1874: Hardin killed Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Comanche, Texas. My Least Favorite Things. John R. Hardin came to this country from England about 1745. John Wesley Hardin entered the world near Bonham, Texas in 1853. In his autobiography, Hardin described his mother as "blond, highly cultured [while] charity predominated in her disposition. Showing 1-2 of 2 "A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. Hardin spotted Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb entering the premises. 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