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"Texas" John Slaughter (1841 – 1921)
"Texas John" "Don Juan" Born October 2, 1841, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Died February 15, 1922, Douglas, Arizona, Worked as Rancher, Indian Fighter, Lawman, State Legislator, Businessman When three months old John's pioneer family moved to a land grant in the Republic of Texas. Raised on a cattle ranch near Lockhart, Texas, he begin fighting Indians during the Civil War. As a member of "The Texas Ranger's 'Minuteman'". He continued to fight Indians through the 1870's. He even settled in the midst of Apache Country and as late as the 1890's he led punitive raids against renegades. After the Civil War, Slaughter established his own ranch in Atascosa and Frio Counties. In1871 he married and begin to raise a family. His ranch grew and prospered as he bossed a number of trail drives. John decided to relocate to Arizona in 1879, but unfortunately his wife dies of small pox in Tucson. During the Lincoln County Wars John ventures into New Mexico to take part, he is charged with killing Barney Gallagher, but is released and returns home. In 1879 he remarries and five years later he purchases the 65,000 acre San Bernardino Grant, with range in Arizona and Mexico. John builds dams, and irrigation canals, he employee's 20 cowboy's and their families who live on the ranch and harvest the grain, vegetables, fruit, and hay. When troubled by rustlers and other desperadoes, he uses his guns to solve the problems. In 1886 his Cochise County friends and neighbors elect him to be sheriff. He cleans up the outlaws around Tombstone and Galeyville. That same year John formed a partnership with his neighbor George Lang, a trail driver, who owned the "Bato Rico Ranch" adjacent to his. The two men regularly send beef to California, and they own a slaughter house in Los Angeles, In 1890, John bought out Lang's Bato Rico Ranch. In all those years John was very active in taming Cochise County, chasing down criminals, breaking up lynch mobs. In 1888 he wins reelection as sheriff, and by 1890 the area was orderly, and he retired to take care of his business. In 1885 he was again appointed deputy sheriff and he held that commission until his death. After resigning as sheriff he was able to concentrate on his business interest, and he continued to improve his ranch and the meat markets he opened in Charleston. In 1906 he won a seat in the territorial assembly, but he eagerly returned home to his business after one term. In 1910 he purchased two butcher shops in Bisbee. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Douglas, dealing in mortgages with his neighbors. As his wealth grew he indulged in his fondness for cards, frequently playing in high stake poker games. Sometimes playing for twenty–four hours at a time. Finally, at the age of eighty, the little cattle baron died peacefully in his sleep.