Person:James Hardin (6)

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James Barnett Gipson Hardin
b.15 Aug 1873 Mount Calm, Hill County, Texas
d.1918 Florida
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 May 1847
  1. Unknown Hardin1849 -
  2. Joseph Gipson Hardin1850 - 1874
  3. John Wesley Hardin1853 - 1895
  4. Elizabeth Ann Hardin1855 - 1930
  5. Martha Ann Hardin1857 - 1949
  6. Benjamin HardinAbt 1859 - Abt 1869
  7. Jefferson Davis Hardin1861 - 1901
  8. Unknown Hardin1866 -
  9. Nancy Dixon Hardin1866 - 1953
  10. James Barnett Gipson Hardin1873 - 1918
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1897
  1. Emma Clarice Hardin1900 - 1938
  2. Varda B. Hardin1903 - 1992
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Facts and Events
Name[1] James Barnett Gipson Hardin
Alt Name[1] Gip Hardin
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Aug 1873 Mount Calm, Hill County, Texas
Marriage Abt 1897 Kimble County?, Texasto Pearl J. Turner
Census[2] 1900 Huntsville Peniteniary, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas
Death[1] 1918 Florida

Deputy John Martin Turman was shot and killed while attempting to arrest James B. "Gip" Hardin. Deputy Turman was the proprietor of the Turman Hotel, and was in the kitchen when two patrons, one of whom was Hardin, began arguing in the dining room. The other man left and Hardin continued to curse and denounce him. Deputy Turman asked Hardin to leave and he agreed, but continued cursing. Deputy Turman followed him outside where he grabbed onto his arm and told him he was under arrest. Hardin then threatened to kill the next man who touched him. Deputy Turman enlisted the help of a friend and then again attempted to arrest Hardin. As Deputy Turman and the friend attempted to grab him, Hardin opened fire, striking Deputy Turman in the side four times. Deputy Turman returned fire twice, but did not hit Hardin. Hardin was tried twice for murdering Deputy Turman and was sentenced the first time to 35 years, but after his retrial he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years in the Texas State Penitentiary. Deputy Turman was survived by his wife (Margaret "Maggie" Zuleka Tait) and nine children. He was buried in Junction Cemetery in Junction, Texas.

Huntsville Penitentiary, Walker County, Texas, 1900 census:[2]

Hardin, Gip 25 yrs (b. Aug 1874) (marr. 4 yrs) b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee/Indiana) School Teacher
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    During World War I, he was working on a ship carrying horses to Europe for U.S. troops. In 1918, somewhere off the coast of Florida, he was crushed to death by two shifting boxcars. (buried at sea)

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Walker, Texas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 147, p. 5B, Line 94.
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