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Chisum became one of the major stock men in North Central Texas before the Civil War. During the War, he supplied cattle to the Confederacy. He became associated with Charles Goodnight before moving to New Mexico where he created a vast ranch which in 1875 employed 100 cowboys and ran 80,000 head of cattle. He was a key figure of the Lincoln County War (1878-1881) when large ranchers fought ...
Aug 2, 2015 · John Chisum appeared as a character a few times on the big-screen and TV. In 1953 Roy Roberts played him (just a cameo, but it’s a good little performance) in the Rod Cameron oater San Antone. In 1957 poor old Hank Worden was ‘Marshal John Chisum’ in the trashy Forty Guns, but this Chisum bears no relation to the real one.
John Simpson Chisum, born on August 16th 1824, belonged to the Chisum family, descendants of England who changed the spelling of their name from Chisholm in 1815. John was the second son of Lucinda Armstrong-Chisum, who at 16 married a cousin twice her age, Claiborne Chisum. John had four brothers and a sister, and his family held a mix of ...
Synopsis. A series of paintings and a song in the opening credits show John Simpson Chisum (John Wayne) and his best friend James Pepper (Ben Johnson) taking their cattle and their ranch hands on a long cattle drive from Texas to the newly-settled land of New Mexico. After fighting the weather, Comanches, and other dangers, Chisum settles and ...
Jan 28, 2019 · John Chisum’s cattle operations continued to thrive, and he shared his good fortune with his brother, James. John gave James his own herd of cattle to manage. John contracted throat cancer in late 1883 and had surgery to remove the growth in 1884. He died on December 22, 1884, in Eureka, Arkansas, where he had been recuperating from the ...
Mar 15, 2010 · John Chisum's life story seems to have been defined by his association with Billy the Kid and a singular, epic cattle drive across the barren expanses of West Texas to New Mexico. Ask anyone on the street about John Chisum and they are apt to bring up The Chisholm Trail.
- Clifford R. Caldwell
May 14, 2018 · John Simpson Chisum. American rancher John Simpson Chisum (1824-1884) was one of the first cattlemen in New Mexico, and he was identified with the Lincoln County War of 1878-1879. John Chisum was born on his grandfather's plantation in western Tennessee on Aug. 16, 1824. When he was 13, his parents settled in the growing community of Paris, Tex ...
