| LC control no. | nr 94026249 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thompson, Texas Ben, 1842-1884 |
| Variant(s) | Thompson, Benjamin, 1843-1884 Thompson, Benjamin, 1842-1884 Thompson, Ben, 1842-1884 |
| Located | Austin (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1842?-11 |
| Death date | 1884-03-11 |
| Place of birth | Knottingley (England) |
| Place of death | San Antonio (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 2nd |
| Profession or occupation | Gunfighters Gamblers Peace officers |
| Found in | Texas Ben Thompson, 1966: p. facing t.p. (portrait caption: Texas Ben Thompson, b. Nov. 11, 1842, Yorkshire, England; d. March 11, 1884, San Antonio, Texas) p. 14, etc. (Ben Thompson) LC in RLIN, 8-4-94 (hdg.: Thompson, Benjamin, 1843-1884; usage: Texas Ben Thompson) Ben Thompson, 2018: ECIP data view (book is a biography of Texas gunfighter Ben Thompson; born in 1843 and died in 1884) chapter 1 (born on the second of November 1843 at 25 minutes to 5 A.M. at Knottingley ... located in central England in the county of Yorkshire) Find a grave online, viewed March 23, 2018: Ben Thompson (birth: 11 Nov 1843, death: 11 Mar 1884; Western lawman, born Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England, emigrated with family to Austin, Texas, in 1851; after serving in Confederate 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War, joined Emperor Maximilian's forces in Mexico and fought until the fall of the empire in 1867; a gambler in various Texas cities, earned a reputation as a fast gun, spent time in prison for being involved in many shootouts; 1880, returned to Austin and opened a gambling hall; acknowledged for his honesty and prowess with a revolver, the citizens of Austin elected him City Marshal; July 1882, quarreled over a card game in a saloon, where he shot and killed a prominent sportsman Jack Harris; after trial and acquittal, resigned as marshal and resumed life as a professional gambler; March 11, 1884, at Vaudeville Theatre, San Antonio, shot and killed) image of grave (Ben Thompson, born Nov. 11, 1842 - died March 11, 1884) image of Confederate gravesite marker (Benjamin Thompson, Nov. 2, 1843 - Mar. 11, 1884, 2nd Regiment Texas Cavalry) Texas Handbook online, viewed March 23, 2018: Thompson, Ben (born in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England on November 2, 1843) |
| Not found in | Who was who in America. |
| Associated language | eng |
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