Son of Robert Elkins &
Jane [Cooper] Elkins
Married Emma J. Johnson
February 13, 1870
Coleman Co., Texas
Transcription:
"Texas Ranger & Confederate Soldier"
Waco News Tribune Nov. 22, 1931
Old Indian Fighter Passes at His Coleman Home
Captain John M. Elkins Figured in Many Exciting Events During Pioneer Days
Captain John M. Elkins, hero of many a hair raising-adventure of the old West, today has gone to the happy hunting ground to join dozens of Indians, whom he had killed in his life-time.
Elkins was buried today at the cemetery at old Camp Colorado; where he had lived, fought Indians and died. He was 91 years old.
Elkins was the first sheriff and tax collector of Coleman County but resigned the office to Captain a Texas Ranger company. His duties extended from the Red River to the Rio Grande. He lived to see the section develop from a wilderness to thriving towns.
He enjoyed retelling his Indian fighting adventures to young people. One of his favorite yarns concerned a raid by Indians on the Mulewater settlement and the scalping of Jacob Dofflemier.
Another raid occurred in 1873 on Sand Creek about 10 miles east of the present town of Santa Anna. In this raid a woman and her baby were killed and a 9 year old girl taken captive. Captain Elkins headed the party that trailed the band to the headwaters of the Brazos River, where the girls body was found wrapped in a Buffalo hide and suspended from a Mesquite tree.
Tales of the new western land lured Elkins from his Illinois home when he was 12 years old.
He is survived by a son, J.M. Elkins of Coleman, 2 daughters, Mrs. Emma Gafford of Silver Valley and Mrs. Lula Rhodes of Echo. His wife died several years ago.
Jane [Cooper] Elkins
Married Emma J. Johnson
February 13, 1870
Coleman Co., Texas
Transcription:
"Texas Ranger & Confederate Soldier"
Waco News Tribune Nov. 22, 1931
Old Indian Fighter Passes at His Coleman Home
Captain John M. Elkins Figured in Many Exciting Events During Pioneer Days
Captain John M. Elkins, hero of many a hair raising-adventure of the old West, today has gone to the happy hunting ground to join dozens of Indians, whom he had killed in his life-time.
Elkins was buried today at the cemetery at old Camp Colorado; where he had lived, fought Indians and died. He was 91 years old.
Elkins was the first sheriff and tax collector of Coleman County but resigned the office to Captain a Texas Ranger company. His duties extended from the Red River to the Rio Grande. He lived to see the section develop from a wilderness to thriving towns.
He enjoyed retelling his Indian fighting adventures to young people. One of his favorite yarns concerned a raid by Indians on the Mulewater settlement and the scalping of Jacob Dofflemier.
Another raid occurred in 1873 on Sand Creek about 10 miles east of the present town of Santa Anna. In this raid a woman and her baby were killed and a 9 year old girl taken captive. Captain Elkins headed the party that trailed the band to the headwaters of the Brazos River, where the girls body was found wrapped in a Buffalo hide and suspended from a Mesquite tree.
Tales of the new western land lured Elkins from his Illinois home when he was 12 years old.
He is survived by a son, J.M. Elkins of Coleman, 2 daughters, Mrs. Emma Gafford of Silver Valley and Mrs. Lula Rhodes of Echo. His wife died several years ago.
Son of Robert Elkins &
Jane [Cooper] Elkins
Married Emma J. Johnson
February 13, 1870
Coleman Co., Texas
Transcription:
"Texas Ranger & Confederate Soldier"
Waco News Tribune Nov. 22, 1931
Old Indian Fighter Passes at His Coleman Home
Captain John M. Elkins Figured in Many Exciting Events During Pioneer Days
Captain John M. Elkins, hero of many a hair raising-adventure of the old West, today has gone to the happy hunting ground to join dozens of Indians, whom he had killed in his life-time.
Elkins was buried today at the cemetery at old Camp Colorado; where he had lived, fought Indians and died. He was 91 years old.
Elkins was the first sheriff and tax collector of Coleman County but resigned the office to Captain a Texas Ranger company. His duties extended from the Red River to the Rio Grande. He lived to see the section develop from a wilderness to thriving towns.
He enjoyed retelling his Indian fighting adventures to young people. One of his favorite yarns concerned a raid by Indians on the Mulewater settlement and the scalping of Jacob Dofflemier.
Another raid occurred in 1873 on Sand Creek about 10 miles east of the present town of Santa Anna. In this raid a woman and her baby were killed and a 9 year old girl taken captive. Captain Elkins headed the party that trailed the band to the headwaters of the Brazos River, where the girls body was found wrapped in a Buffalo hide and suspended from a Mesquite tree.
Tales of the new western land lured Elkins from his Illinois home when he was 12 years old.
He is survived by a son, J.M. Elkins of Coleman, 2 daughters, Mrs. Emma Gafford of Silver Valley and Mrs. Lula Rhodes of Echo. His wife died several years ago.
Jane [Cooper] Elkins
Married Emma J. Johnson
February 13, 1870
Coleman Co., Texas
Transcription:
"Texas Ranger & Confederate Soldier"
Waco News Tribune Nov. 22, 1931
Old Indian Fighter Passes at His Coleman Home
Captain John M. Elkins Figured in Many Exciting Events During Pioneer Days
Captain John M. Elkins, hero of many a hair raising-adventure of the old West, today has gone to the happy hunting ground to join dozens of Indians, whom he had killed in his life-time.
Elkins was buried today at the cemetery at old Camp Colorado; where he had lived, fought Indians and died. He was 91 years old.
Elkins was the first sheriff and tax collector of Coleman County but resigned the office to Captain a Texas Ranger company. His duties extended from the Red River to the Rio Grande. He lived to see the section develop from a wilderness to thriving towns.
He enjoyed retelling his Indian fighting adventures to young people. One of his favorite yarns concerned a raid by Indians on the Mulewater settlement and the scalping of Jacob Dofflemier.
Another raid occurred in 1873 on Sand Creek about 10 miles east of the present town of Santa Anna. In this raid a woman and her baby were killed and a 9 year old girl taken captive. Captain Elkins headed the party that trailed the band to the headwaters of the Brazos River, where the girls body was found wrapped in a Buffalo hide and suspended from a Mesquite tree.
Tales of the new western land lured Elkins from his Illinois home when he was 12 years old.
He is survived by a son, J.M. Elkins of Coleman, 2 daughters, Mrs. Emma Gafford of Silver Valley and Mrs. Lula Rhodes of Echo. His wife died several years ago.
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