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Subject: [OUTLAWS-OF-THE-OLD-WEST] John Ash/Pretty Boy Floyd - Family legendvs facts
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 17:23:34 -0000
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Author: eleanorwohl
Surnames: ASH
Classification: queries
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Legends passed down through the family relate that John Ash (b. 1878 Young Co TX; lived in Washita Co. OK; Eddy Co, NM; Childress Co, TX; Potter Co, TX)was part of the group that ran with Pretty Boy Floyd. I have been unable to find any trace of the Ash family before 1870 in MO. It is possible that Sadie Ash who ran a refuge for outlaws in KC, Missouri might be related since John's father was m. in MO. An elderly relative claimed that a photo that was in New Holland Magazine had a photo of John Ash with other gang members. How does one separate the fact from fiction?
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