tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346 A never ending journey... dee_burris 2012-10-28T17:15:52Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:127554 2012-10-28T17:15:52Z 2012-10-28T17:15:52Z public 0 I was messing around earlier this morning with some of my Baldings. A whole slew of them lived in Morgan Co., OH, and I was making good progress in finding their graves.<br /><br />And then, I ran across Thurman W Balding, one of the sons of William Balding and Elizabeth Hummel.<br /><br />Thurman was born on New Year's Day in 1867 in Morgan County. He's my third cousin, three times removed. (Kind of like the familial relationship I have with another family misfit, <a href="http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/7401.html">Charles E Chapin.</a>)<br /><br />Apparently, Thurman was an honest-to-goodness outlaw.<hr />He was a member of the <a href="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-billcook.html">Bill Cook</a> gang, and it seems he spent a lot of time robbing stagecoaches and banks.<br /><br />Thurman had aliases, including "Skeeter" (because he was tall and lanky) and "Tull." He also went by the surname <i>Baldwin,</i> which may have relieved his family to no end. No telling what his 7 brothers and sisters thought of him...<br /><br />He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his unlawfulness, and had his sentence commuted by President Roosevelt in 1903.<br /><br />Thurman died on 2 Mar 1936 in Sun City, Barber Co., KS, and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery in Sun City, where two brothers and a sister were also laid to rest.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=127554" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments