John King Fisher was a gunslinger from the US state of Texas during the heyday of the American Old West.
19 Facts About King Fisher
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King Fisher's mother died when he was two years old, and his father married a woman named Minerva.
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Jobe King Fisher was a cattleman who owned and operated two freight wagons.
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King Fisher was restless, handsome, popular with women and prone to running with a tough crowd.
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King Fisher's father sent him to live with his brother James circa 1869.
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Some two years later, King Fisher was arrested for horse theft and sentenced to two years in prison.
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King Fisher began to dress rather flamboyantly and carried ivory handled pistols.
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King Fisher became quite proficient with a gun and began running with a band of outlaws which carried out frequent raids into Mexico.
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One of the men drew his pistol, and King Fisher immediately pulled his guns and managed to kill three of the bandits in the ensuing shootout.
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King Fisher then took over as leader of the gang, and over the course of the next several months killed seven more Mexican bandits.
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Pressure from the Texas Rangers caused King Fisher to retire from this trade, and he began legitimate ranching.
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King Fisher is alleged to have clubbed the nearest one to him with a branding iron, then as a second drew a pistol King Fisher drew his own pistol and shot and killed the man.
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King Fisher then spun around and shot the other two, who evidently had not produced weapons and merely sat on the fence during the altercation.
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King Fisher was arrested several times for altercations in public by local lawmen and had been charged at least once with "intent to kill".
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King Fisher married the former Sarah Vivian on April 6,1876, and the couple had four daughters.
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King Fisher would build a fire on top of the grave and then dance around it.
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In 1884, while in San Antonio, Texas, on business, King Fisher came into contact with his old friend, gunfighter and gambler Ben Thompson.
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King Fisher was shot thirteen times, and did fire one round in retaliation, possibly wounding Coy, but that is not confirmed.
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King Fisher's body was later moved to the Pioneer Cemetery in Uvalde, Texas.