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There's a few women in this thread. Here's my addition to that cause!
And another...

Mary Erwin Bush Smith on her wedding day to Capt. William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Sherman, TX March 2, 1864. Check out her hat.

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Mary Erwin Anderson was pregnant with their child soon after, when Anderson returned to Missouri for the Spring campaign. Capt. Anderson was killed that fall in Richmond, on Oct 27, 1864. Their child would die in infancy.

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Jim Anderson would married his brother's widow, Mary Erwin Anderson on Oct 21, 1868. Their daughter Jimmie Maude Anderson was born August 21, 1870; Jim Anderson was killed in late Nov 1869. Jimmie Maude Anderson lived in her mother's home that was contracted to be built by Capt. William Anderson her entire life until moving to a nursing home shortly before her death in 1966 at age 96.

Mary Erwin Anderson, just 24 yrs of age would be married one last time to Burrell P. Smith Jr., age 50 & son of the mayor in 1872 & gave birth to a daughter they named Bush Smith. Mary Erwin Anderson Smith died ~1918.
 
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And another...

Mary Erwin Bush Smith on her wedding day to Capt. William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Sherman, TX March 2, 1864. Check out her hat.

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Mary Erwin Anderson was pregnant with their child soon after, when Anderson returned to Missouri for the Spring campaign. Capt. Anderson was killed that fall in Richmond, on Oct 27, 1864. Their child would die in infancy.

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Jim Anderson would married his brother's widow, Mary Erwin Anderson on Oct 21, 1868. Their daughter Jimmie Maude Anderson was born August 21, 1870; Jim Anderson was killed in late Nov 1869. Jimmie Maude Anderson lived in her mother's home that was contracted to be built by Capt. William Anderson her entire life until moving to a nursing home shortly before her death in 1966 at age 96.

Mary Erwin Anderson, just 24 yrs of age would be married one last time to Burrell P. Smith Jr., age 50 & son of the mayor in 1872 & gave birth to a daughter they named Bush Smith. Mary Erwin Anderson Smith died ~1918.
That's some hat. She's a pretty lady, too. How did Jim Anderson come to be killed, any idea?
 
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Is that pretty much how he met his end, throat slit in front of the capital? That's a gutsy move.
No, Shepherd himself told his friend & former Quantrill member Harrison Trow that he slit Anderson's throat outside the courthouse in Sherman in retaliation for the killing of Ike Flanders.

Ike Flanders is buried in a private family cemetery that is fenced off & locked. Descendants of the family living nearby won't give permission for anyone to enter.
 
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No, Shepherd himself told his friend & former Quantrill member Harrison Trow that he slit Anderson's throat outside the courthouse in Sherman in retaliation for the killing of Ike Flanders.

Ike Flanders is buried in a private family cemetery that is fenced off & locked. Descendants of the family living nearby won't give permission for anyone to enter.
Interesting...
 

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