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  1. David Allen Mather (August 10, 1851 – unknown), also known by the nickname "Mysterious Dave," was an American lawman, gunfighter, and occasional criminal in the Old West. His taciturn personality may have earned him the nickname "Mysterious Dave".

  2. David Allen Mather, better known as Mysterious Dave, was born on August 10, 1851, to Ulysses and Lycia Mather. Dave had come from a family of seafaring lawmen in Massachusetts, and his ancestors had been rugged English sailormen of the Seven Seas.

  3. Jun 29, 2016 · Mysterious Dave Mather came to be a lawman in the old West pretty much by chance. The taciturn son of a Connecticut sea captain, he plied his violent trade on both sides of the law. He was born on Aug. 10, 1851, in Saybrook, Conn., the eldest son of Ulysses and Lydia Mather.

  4. Jun 10, 2013 · Dave Mather was a man of mysterynot only in life, but also in death. “Mysterious Dave” straddled the line between outlaw and lawman, and left behind few reliable documents for us to figure out his life story. Mather was born in the northeast United States in 1851; one of the few certain facts.

  5. Oct 9, 2014 · When Mather disappeared, the stories began. One had him going to Canada, joining the North-West Mounted Police and living into the 1920s. Another has him shot to death in Dallas, Texas, in 1886.

  6. Feb 2, 2023 · During his lifetime, he became noted for many professions in the Old West as a horse thief, buffalo hunter, train and stagecoach robber, law officer, prospector, farmer, gambler, and hotel ...

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  7. Mysterious Dave Mather lived an enigmatic life, straddling the line between lawman and outlaw. His taciturn nature and ambiguous allegiances contributed to the allure and mystery surrounding his character.

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