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Neeley Factor to William Faulkner

Factor, Neeley lived in the town of Factor, assigned to the Central District.   Factor occasionally worked with Deputy Marshals Zeke Miller and Robert Fortune.  Factor was selected to spy on some outlaws who were staying in an old house near the mining town of Adamson.  Neeleys instructions were to watch the gang’s activities, then report when the best time was to try to capture them.  After several days of watching, Neeley reported to Zeke Miller that he was ready to apprehend the gang.  Miller sent a posse to assist Neeley.  During the night the deputy marshal and posse surrounded the house making their approach when a watch dog started barking.  A fierce gun battle broke out which finally ended when the gang decided they were outnumbered.  The gang was taken to the Ft. Smith federal jail.

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Fair, James B.S. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  On August 10, 1885, Deputy Marshal Fair was summoned to Maxey, Choctaw Nation to investigate the murder of a three year old child.  The small child had received a severe beating from which he died.  The stepfather, Haywood Moore had indictments for past beatings which were severe.  The mother was afraid to say anything fearing for her own life.  She secretly wrote to her brother, Joe Ward telling of her child’s death.  The brother took the letter and filed charges. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - January 8, November 19, 1886) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Falconer, Henry I. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in early 1890’s.  Henry was appointed again by Chief Marshal J. J. McAlester of Muskogee in late 1890’s in the “Sandy Land Court” working out of Muskogee. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Henry I. Falconer) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Fallin, H. L. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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Fancher, Joseph was commissioned on May 31, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving as bailiff to the court. 

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Fannin, Ed W. was selected as one of the deputy marshals to travel with the court officials from the Antlers court to deliver nineteen prisoners to Poteau.  Ten other prisoners were transport to the Ft. Smith jail to serve their sentences.  Lige Fanin is shown in the picture at the 1908 U.S. Marshal’s reunion at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Picture - The Peace Officer) (the Antlers Democrat - March 8, 1901) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Fannin, G. H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Fannin, H. D. was commissioned to the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He arrested Jason Labreu in the summer of 1883, near Thackerville, Chickasaw Nation.  Labreu courted a young woman who would not submit to his desires, which led to her rape and murder.  Labreu, knowing his fate at the federal court in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, tried to escape from Marshal Fannin.  The search lasted for several months which finally ended when he found him working for a farmer in the Chickasaw Nation, near the Red River by Thackerville.  Labreu was a dead shot and always had his rifle in his possession.  Fannin not known to Labreu went to work for the farmer trying to get a confession of the rape and murder.  The officer left his own weapon in hiding, waiting for the right opportunity.  A confession was made and finally the moment  came when the two men had completed a morning’s work on a hot sultry day.  Labreu stood at the wash basin which allowed Fannin to get between him and his Winchester.  After washing his face and burying his face into a towel he opened his eyes to see his Winchester leveled at him.  He was captured, but the gallows were not to be his destiny for as he tried to escape on the trail to Ft. Smith, he was killed by Fannin.  In October of 1883, Fannin was one of the deputy marshals that helped capture Johnson Jacks in the Cherokee Nation.  Jacks was charged with the killing of Deputy Marshal Addison Beck. 

(Law West Of Ft. Smith) (Black Red And Deadly) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Fannin, Lige was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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Farmer, Jasper  was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Farmer, William R. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Farr, John Gist served at least eight years as a deputy marshal, ending his service in April of 1890.  John was commissioned on March 6, 1889 and June 28, 1889, while he was living in Antlers, Choctaw Nation.  In August of 1889, Deputy Marshal Farr arrested Charles Robinson for introducing liquor into Indian Territory and transported him to the Ft. Smith federal jail.  In May of 1890, John was enrolled in the federal court at Paris, Texas, serving as an attorney.  John is pictured at the 1908 U.S. Marshals reunion at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  John, a Choctaw from South Carolina, was born in 1847, before coming to the Choctaw Nation in 1875. 

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Farr, James G. worked out of the Western Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In October of 1885, Farr arrested a colored man named Dickerson, at a dance in the Choctaw Nation who was wanted for killing a man named Lester, in December of 1883.  In December of 1885, Deputy Marshal Farr brought in thirteen prisoners from Indian Territory to the federal jail at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Branding Iron, Atoka - April 26, 1884) (Ft. Smith Elevator - December 25, 1885) (Black Red And Deadly) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Farwell, Frank B. was commissioned at Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894 and served until December of 1896, under Marshals Evett Nix and Patrick S. Nagle.  He was placed in charge of the Anadarko District in February of 1896.  The change came when Marshal Evett Nix was replaced by Marshal Patrick S. Nagle. 

(West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Shooting From The Lip) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Faudree, Charles worked with Deputy Marshals Charles Kilgore and Bill Colbert in the Atoka area. 

(Indian Pioneer History - J. R . Johnson) (Indian Pioneer History - Joe Southern)

Faught, R. D. worked in the Western District of Indian Territory in 1902  working for Marshal Leo Bennett, assigned to Sapulpa. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902)

Faulkinbury, H. N. was commissioned on September 16, 1890 and April 19, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshals Jacob Yoes and George J. Crump. 

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Faulkner, F. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He is listed on the death list of Oklahombres.  Date of death not known. 

(Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Faulkner, William worked out of the federal court in Van Buren, Arkansas., serving under Marshal William A. Britton.  William arrested Amos McCurtain, the second and last man to be hung at Van Buren on June 24, 1870.  In 1868, McCurtain murdered a Choctaw peddler named Jim McClain and his Negro driver on Buffalo Creek, some ninety miles southeast of Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  McCurtain was a teamster who lived near Boggy Depot where he  hauled goods from Ft. Smith, Arkansas using a yoke of oxen and wagon.  Several merchants entrusted him with a large amount of money that he was to pay bills at wholesale houses at Ft. Smith.  He had carried out his duties as promised and was returning with his goods when he camped with McClain and his Negro driver at Buffalo Creek, about ninety miles southwest of Ft. Smith.  During the night, he killed the two men, piled their goods on top of his own, joined their yoke of three oxen to the lead of his own and piled the two bleeding bodies on top of his wagon.  About three miles down the trail he dumped the bodies into a creek and proceeded on his way.  Travel with the oxen was slow, making about fifteen miles a day as he was frequently passed by those who carried the news of his crimes.  When he arrived at Boggy Depot, he unloaded the merchants goods and hauled the blood smeared peddler’s property to his home where within a few days William Faulkner arrested him, taking him to Van Buren. 

 (Hell on the Border-Harman)