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Notorious outlaw who killed over 30 men. Son of a Methodist minister. "Wes" was an ardent southerner. His resistance to Union occupation troops made him a hero and set him on his lawless career. He always claimed he shot only in self defense. He was killed in El Paso, 1895.

Marker is on Parrott Road (Farm to Market Road 350), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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