1856 Apr 28 J. N. MACE is shot & killed
1856 Apr 28J. N. MACE is shot re Missouri-Kansas boarder war
Per this excellent capture of history, there was a long standing battle re slave-holder or "free state".Perhaps we can piece together where these MACE folks fit in and where they went!Any assistance is appreciated.
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Pro-slavery Sheriff Samuel Jones of Westport cynically used the murder as a pretext to arrest Dow's companion Jacob Branson and gather 1,500 pro-slavers from Missouri for an attack on Lawrence.
The ensuing "War of the Wakarusa" consisted more of diplomatic maneuvering than bloodshed, but it did cement the polarization and inflame passions in the area.It also spurred the gathering of armed Free Staters in Lawrence under the command of Dr. Charles Robinson. Second in command was "Colonel" James H. Lane.
Two weeks later, Thomas W. Barber, a Free Stater,was murdered near Lawrence by pro-slaver George Clark, and during election violence in January 1856, E.P. Brown of Leavenworth was killed in a skirmish as a member of a Free State company attempting to drive ruffians from Leavenworth County.Another unlucky Brown, R.P.,was brutally hatcheted in the head the same year.
1856 April 23....Sheriff Jones...
still harassing Free Staters....under a tenuous guise of legality....was shot and severely wounded....as was
Free Stater....J. N. MACE-- five days later.
[My note...these are key words for searching this time period...the full article has more]
1855-
1856200 dead Missouri-Kansas boarder war....Missouri slave-holders, Ruffians, versus the Free Staters
1856 Jan-- vote
1856 April 28-- J. N. Mace shot
Lawrence, Kansas,massacre
War of the Wakarusa
Bleeding Kansas
7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
1861 Jennison's Jayhawkers
QUESTION: From 1855 boarder warfare --Missouri-Kansas thru civil war...where did the MACE's scatter to first and when?This article describes "Dixie"....is this in reference to the Mormon migration as well?
It was obviously a hostile environment...can you provide names from 1855 in this area and if they left immediately or shortly after this Mace death?
Bitter Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers
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