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Captain French person

born: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q102465363id: p_captain-french_accacf

also known as: Captain French

Probable 70%
Summary:  Rancher or boss who rounded up his cow-punchers and lectured them about marrying.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (9)

arrived_from

Alma
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-06 (1891)
others here believe those fits to have been simply an outlet of his pure cussedness, under the guise of drunkenness, and still further believe that his recent murderous freak was of the same nature and from the same cause, in- sanity only …

arrived_in

this city
cited from Captain French, of the W… (1891)
others here believe those fits to have been simply an outlet of his pure cussedness, under the guise of drunkenness, and still further believe that his recent murderous freak was of the same nature and from the same cause, in- sanity only …
Alma
cited from Captain French, of the W… (1891)
Captain French, of the W. S. Ranch, ar- rived from Alma Tuesday. He reports that the floods in that section did a great deal of dam- age, washing out the fine dam which his com- pany had built across the river. Many of the farms along the val…

owned

cited from A bill of sale to the NAN cattle with… (1888)
at Davis’ mill a few days ago. The brute fled. A bill of sale to the NAN cattle with ranches, houses and cattle of other brands be- longing to James W. Patrick and George F. Patrick, purchased from the Lassaters has been recorded. It conve…
cited from Last Saturday night there was stolen from… (1888)
Last Saturday night there was stolen from the WS ranch a sorrel thoroughbred stallion, 16 hands high. Captain French will pay a re- ward for the recovery of the animal and $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the thief. The animal is believed…

reported

flood damage in Pleasanton
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-06 (1891)
others here believe those fits to have been simply an outlet of his pure cussedness, under the guise of drunkenness, and still further believe that his recent murderous freak was of the same nature and from the same cause, in- sanity only …

worked_for

cited from at Bill Bates’ ranch in Bear Valley, where they… (1891)
another posse from the C. A. bar ranch. The house was sur- rounded and the prisoner was told to talk to Tom Hall which he did, telling him the house was surrounded and he might as well surrender, which he did with the use of a great de…
cited from Captain French rounded up all his cow-… (1888)
Captain French rounded up all his cow- punchers and told them if they intended to marry this year that it was time they were at it, as he was tired of their running around every Sunday when they should be branding maver- icks. Dap.
cited from Captain French, of the W… (1891)
Captain French, of the W. S. Ranch, ar- rived from Alma Tuesday. He reports that the floods in that section did a great deal of dam- age, washing out the fine dam which his com- pany had built across the river. Many of the farms along the val…

Sources (7)

A bill of sale to the NAN cattle with…

1888 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Captain French rounded up all his cow-…

1888 · newspaper · public-domain

Last Saturday night there was stolen from…

1888 · newspaper · public-domain

Captain French, of the W…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Captain French, of the W…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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