John Wilson Vermillion (1842–1911), also known as "Texas Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion", was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp Vendetta Ride and his later association with Soapy Smith.
From the 'True Fact' department. . He drowned, no, he slept to death. He was friends with Earp, no, they didn't know each other. His first family died 'while he was away'. He named his daughter 'Minnie Bell'. . I don't know what to believe anymore.
That sounds like Sherman McMaster, who died in four different places in four different years. Then there are places like Tascosa, Texas, which has been portrayed as everything from a tent city with a few adobe buildings to a large, 'modern' late 1800's city when in reality by the turn of the century it was already nearly a ghost town.
When asked about why he was called Texas Jack, he replied: "Because I'm from Virginia".
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He drowned, no, he slept to death.
He was friends with Earp, no, they didn't know each other.
His first family died 'while he was away'.
He named his daughter 'Minnie Bell'.
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I don't know what to believe anymore.
That sounds like Sherman McMaster, who died in four different places in four different years.
DeleteThen there are places like Tascosa, Texas, which has been portrayed as everything from a tent city with a few adobe buildings to a large, 'modern' late 1800's city when in reality by the turn of the century it was already nearly a ghost town.
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My father has the genealogy. I’ll have to look deeper into his death. It is interesting.
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