William Edward McWaters (1845 - 1875) “Wild West Outlaw”

Question

Per his Wikipedia entry: 

William McWaters (ca. 1844–1875) was an American gunfighter from Missouri who once rode with William Clarke Quantrill. McWaters joined a group of guerilla fighters, commonly called bushwhackers. In 1867 McWaters became a suspect in the murder of General Joseph Bailey, sheriff of Bates County. William McWaters was shot and killed by a prison guard, on May 26, 1875.

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Note: “…he returned to his father's farm only to find that his father and a brother had been killed in the partisan backlash over the railroad derailment, their farm laid to ruin and the rest of his family driven from the county…”

Answer 1

Here's a link to a newspaper biography that appeared in the St. Louis Globe shortly after his death:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106377355/

You will love some of the language.

Comments

What a great article clip. A true bad boy of the 19th century! The details of this Wild West Outlaw is fascinating! Talk about life on the edge! It’s like a western made movie! 

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He also has a familysearch.org profile with sources and a multi-generation family tree:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KGCT-J8R

P.S.  I particularly liked the last paragraph of the newspaper article.