In a message dated 10/12/2004 11:15:19 AM Mountain Daylight Time, LaDarlaK@aol.com writes: Do you have any stories to share about the killing or other happenings you have heard about Wise County in those times? Dear LaDarla.... No, I sure don't. Much to my sorrow, I cannot even discover where My G-Grandfather is buried. I know they (He and My G-Grandmother lived in Springtown, at the time of his shooting in 1874.) He left her a pregnant widow with 3 small boys to raise alone. The 4th child was a boy also. From what little family history has been handed down (verbally), I believe she raised them by doing laundry for the soldiers at the nearby Army base, and some farming. I do know her name was Julia Laird. I believe he came from Georgia, and Julia from Lousiana. No parents names are known. At the time of his death he was a clerk in a General store of some type. Thanks for your interest. Jan Laird Shepard Reno, NV