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Simeon Whitsett Photos - Quantrill and The Border War

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The headstone on the grave is Sim Whitsett's son, John Lee Whitsett and his wife Lena. This photo was contributed by Helen Eller, great-grand niece of John Lee Whitsett. The grave is located in Moore Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Sim is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. I would very much like to have a photo of his headstone.	William Clarke Quantrill ca.1860 - Quantrill was only 24 when he was killed in Kentucky	This painting was done after Quantrill's death. It must have been a fairly accurate depiction of him, since it was used in some of the reunion photos. The uniform is fictitious.
George Todd, Sim Whitsett's commander in Quantrill's Raiders. Todd was killed before the war's end. He and "Bloody Bill" Anderson were known as especially violent and indiscriminate killers.	Notorious Jayhawker Charles Jennison. Jennison and his gang were in it for the loot they could steal from Missouri farmers. After the war broke out Jim Lane made him a Colonel in the Kansas State Militia. Jennison was also a violent killer whose victims were sometimes Missouri Union supporters.	U.S. Senator Jim Lane, Jayhawker and avowed racist who hated southerners and wanted to keep Kansas all white. Lane pressured General Ewing to issue General Order 11 which devastated Jackson and surrounding counties. Lane was one of Quantrill's targets during the Lawrence, Kansas raid. He escaped the Raiders in his sleeping gown by running into a nearby corn field.
Rev. James Montgomery, radical abolitionist and Jayhawker. Montgomery and his gang raided, looted and killed Missourians mercilessly in the years leading up to the war. He was not always careful about determining a Missourian's loyalty. Men like Montgomery, Lane and Jennison were the reason many Missouri boys joined Quantrill.	Frank James - I think the date of this photo was about 1912	Cole Younger sometime after his release from a Minnesota prison