Roy Rogers

"King of the Cowboys"

 Shepherd, George W. 

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  Enlisted in the army at age 15, under General Albert Sidney
  Johnston, to fight the Mormons in what was then Utah Territory.
  Fought at Wilson's Creek (Springfield, MO) and at Pea Ridge, AR.
  Rode with Quantrill, and went with him to KY, where he was
  surrendered by Capt. Henry Porter to Capt. Young, US Army, at
  Samuel's Depot, Nelson County, KY, on 26 July 1865. Participated
  in the Russellville, KY, bank robbery, 20 Mar 1868. Caught and did two
  years in prison. Attempted to help law officers catch Jesse James
  after the Glendale, MO, robbery. Was shot at Short Creek (Galena),
  Kansas by Jim Cummins because of it. Fell out with Jesse when
  Jesse, along with James Anderson for killing his nephew, Ike
  Flannery over Ike's inheritance. Tracked James Anderson to Austin,
  Texas, where he slit his throat on the lawn of the State capitol
  building. With the support of the population, he escaped back to
  MO.
  In 1865, married Martha Sanders Maddox, the famous Confederate
  spy. Martha first married Richard Maddox. She disguised herself as
  a man, called herself "Matt Sanders", and rode with her husband.
  Richard Maddox was killed shortly after the war ended. Martha married
  George Shepherd and tried to help him escape from prison. Gave up
  on Shepherd, and married McMackin, a wealthy neighbor of her
  father. When Shepherd got out of prison, she chose to stay with
  McMackin. Shepherd charged her with bigamy, but she gained a pardon
  from the governor, and the charges were dropped.