Hi Bill, I thought I would also pop into this conversation. I, too, would like to have a copy of the Maupin's riding with Quantrill-weren't there pictures also? Cant remember. Glad you're on line and doing well. Carolyn Farmer -----Original Message----- From: MAUPIN REUNION 2000 <maupinreunion@par1.net> To: MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Reunion Chatter >Good Evening!!! > >When I find my copy of the letter written by the Thompson girl where she >describes the death of Thompson Maupin I will e-mail it to those who wish to >read it. The fact about the death of the soldier who shot Thompson was from >the book by Dr. Michael Beshore who was married to Ann Maupin sister to John >Rice Maupin. The story was told to the >I believe by Jesse and Frank James. Well, will try and get all this >together for those of you who wish to hear the details. > >William >----- Original Message ----- >From: James Watson <jdwatson@erols.com> >To: <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:53 AM >Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Reunion Chatter > > >> Okay, I'm going to tell this the way I think that I heard it at the >> reunion, but do not hold me to the truth of it. I heard bits & pieces >> from several different people, so maybe someone knows the truth. >> >> John Rice and his brothers James & Thompson (who was called Tom) rode >> with Quantrill. Apparently at some point, a union guy shot Tom in the >> leg. As he begged for his life (I'm not sure if that's exact), the union >> guy shot him in the head. Then John Rice hunted down the union guy and >> here is where there were 2 versions I heard: >> >> 1) while two of the brothers held him, the 3d cut off his head >> >> 2) john rice hunted him down, cut of his head, and put it on a stick. >> >> Does anyone know what actually happened? >> >> Love, Denise >> >> >> ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the >author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at >> <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> >> > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. ><http://cgi.rootsweb.con/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi> >