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'''Langford M. Peel''' (1829/1831 – July 21,1867), also known as '''Farmer Peel''' was a [[gunfighter|gunman]] in the [[American Old West]].<ref name="nevada">{{cite book | title=Nevada: A History | publisher=University of Nevada Press | author=Laxalt, Robert | authorlink=Robert Laxalt | year=1991 | pages=58 | isbn=9780874171792 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiuktaHEyIgC&pg=PA58 }}</ref><ref name="Convis2011">{{cite book|author=Convis, Charles|title=Outlaw Tales of Nevada: True Stories of the Silver State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats|chapter=Langford Farner Peel|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUWLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|pages=22–30|date=22 November 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-7587-3}} Convis alleges that Peel's middle name was "Farner" but this contradicts U.S. Army enlistment records which have "Langford M. Peel".</ref> Langford was born in [[Liverpool]], England. At the age of 17, he enlisted as a bugler at in "B' Company of the [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)| 1st US Dragoons]] under Captain [[Edwin Vose Sumner]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ogakmbnT6JMC&pg=PA27&dq=Edwin+V+Sumner+US+Dragoons&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG5uTprOThAhVJ5awKHa-VCncQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=Edwin%20V%20Sumner%20US%20Dragoons&f=false US army register]</ref>; he killed six Indians – three at the Battle of Coon Creek in 1846; 2 in 1850 at Fort Kearney Kansas and a sixth later<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kjy1YjoGq9UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Langford+peel+of+harvard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFk_-fqeThAhUEO60KHVl3BDAQ6AEIVDAH#v=onepage&q=Langford%20Peel&f=false Percival Green Lowe Five Years a Dragoon ('49 to '54): And Other Adventures on the Great Plains]</ref> and rose to rank of Sergeant. He traveled to [[Leavenworth, Kansas]]; [[Salt Lake City]]; [[Nevada]]; and eventually to [[Helena, Montana]].<ref name="find">{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91279421 | title=Langford Peel (1831-1867) | publisher=Find A Grave | accessdate=November 7, 2012 | author=Spalding, Charleen}}</ref> There he was killed by [[John Bull]], his former associate.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025293/1867-08-03/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1867&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Langford+Peel&proxdistance=5&date2=1868&ortext=&proxtext=Langford+Peel&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Montana Post August 3, 1867]</ref><ref name="dozen">{{cite book | title=Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Volume 1 | publisher=University of Oklahoma Press | author=DeArment, Robert K. | year=2003 | pages=12 | isbn=9780806135595 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8VEeZamhvAC&pg=PA11 }}</ref><ref name="wild">{{cite journal | url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/58740658/john-bull-shot-down-his-gambling-pal-soldier-turned-gunfighter-langford-peel | title=John Bull Shot Down His Gambling Pal, Soldier-Turned-Gunfighter Langford Peel |author1=Gorenfeld, William |author2=Gorenfeld, John | journal=Wild West |date=April 2011 | volume=23 | issue=6 | pages=20}}</ref> The defendant was acquitted August 24, 1867.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025293/1867-08-24/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1867&index=1&date2=1868&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Langford+Peel&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=Langford+Peel&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Montana post., August 24, 1867, Page 8, Image 8]</ref> Bull was later involved in the stabbing of a railroad baggageman and also in 1874 was indicted in Omaha Nebraska for involvement with others on a robbery charge [one of the defendants escaped and the rest were freed]. In 1879, he had a faro game at the Sacramento State Fair; Bull was killed in Denver, Colorado on January 9 1882 by a fellow gambler Jim Bush.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076999/1882-01-21/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1882&index=0&date2=1882&words=Bull+John+Killed&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&rows=20&proxtext=John++Bull+killed&y=6&x=12&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Carson City Nevada Morning appeal., January 21, 1882, Image 2]</ref><ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022044/1882-01-25/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1867&index=0&rows=20&words=Langford+Peel&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1905&proxtext=Langford+Peel&y=12&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Eureka daily sentinel. [volume], January 25, 1882, Image 3]</ref><ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042331/1882-01-27/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1882&index=2&date2=1882&words=BULL+JOHN+killed&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&rows=20&proxtext=John++Bull+killed&y=6&x=12&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Bismarck tribune., January 27, 1882, Image 8]</ref>
'''Langford M. Peel''' (1829/1831 – July 21,1867), also known as '''Farmer Peel''' was a [[gunfighter|gunman]] and gambler in the [[American Old West]].<ref name="nevada">{{cite book | title=Nevada: A History | publisher=University of Nevada Press | author=Laxalt, Robert | authorlink=Robert Laxalt | year=1991 | pages=58 | isbn=9780874171792 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiuktaHEyIgC&pg=PA58 }}</ref><ref name="Convis2011">{{cite book|author=Convis, Charles|title=Outlaw Tales of Nevada: True Stories of the Silver State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats|chapter=Langford Farner Peel|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUWLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|pages=22–30|date=22 November 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-7587-3}} Convis alleges that Peel's middle name was "Farner" but this contradicts U.S. Army enlistment records which have "Langford M. Peel".</ref> According to his grave marker, Langford was born in [[Liverpool]], England. At age 12 he enlisted in the U.S. Army with the approval and help of his mother and stepfather.<ref name="DeArment2012">{{cite book|author=Robert K. DeArment|title=Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West|chapter=Farmer Peel|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzzxCP_CzRUC&pg=PA6|date=9 November 2012|pages=6–28|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-8470-8}}</ref> At the age of 17, he enlisted as a bugler at in "B' Company of the [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)| 1st US Dragoons]] under Captain [[Edwin Vose Sumner]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ogakmbnT6JMC&pg=PA27&dq=Edwin+V+Sumner+US+Dragoons&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG5uTprOThAhVJ5awKHa-VCncQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=Edwin%20V%20Sumner%20US%20Dragoons&f=false US army register]</ref>; Peel killed six Indians – three at the Battle of Coon Creek in 1846; 2 in 1850 at Fort Kearney Kansas and a sixth later<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kjy1YjoGq9UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Langford+peel+of+harvard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFk_-fqeThAhUEO60KHVl3BDAQ6AEIVDAH#v=onepage&q=Langford%20Peel&f=false Percival Green Lowe Five Years a Dragoon ('49 to '54): And Other Adventures on the Great Plains]</ref> and rose to rank of Sergeant. He traveled to [[Leavenworth, Kansas]]; [[Salt Lake City]]; [[Nevada]]; and eventually to [[Helena, Montana]].<ref name="find">{{cite web | url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91279421 | title=Langford Peel (1831-1867) | publisher=Find A Grave | accessdate=November 7, 2012 | author=Spalding, Charleen}}</ref> There he was killed by [[John Bull]], his former associate.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025293/1867-08-03/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1867&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Langford+Peel&proxdistance=5&date2=1868&ortext=&proxtext=Langford+Peel&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Montana Post August 3, 1867]</ref><ref name="dozen">{{cite book | title=Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Volume 1 | publisher=University of Oklahoma Press | author=DeArment, Robert K. | year=2003 | pages=12 | isbn=9780806135595 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8VEeZamhvAC&pg=PA11 }}</ref><ref name="wild">{{cite journal | url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/58740658/john-bull-shot-down-his-gambling-pal-soldier-turned-gunfighter-langford-peel | title=John Bull Shot Down His Gambling Pal, Soldier-Turned-Gunfighter Langford Peel |author1=Gorenfeld, William |author2=Gorenfeld, John | journal=Wild West |date=April 2011 | volume=23 | issue=6 | pages=20}}</ref> The defendant was acquitted August 24, 1867.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025293/1867-08-24/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1867&index=1&date2=1868&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Langford+Peel&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=Langford+Peel&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Montana post., August 24, 1867, Page 8, Image 8]</ref> Bull was later involved in the stabbing of a railroad baggageman and also in 1874 was indicted in Omaha Nebraska for involvement with others on a robbery charge [one of the defendants escaped and the rest were freed]. In 1879, he had a faro game at the Sacramento State Fair; Bull was killed in Denver, Colorado on January 9 1882 by a fellow gambler Jim Bush.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076999/1882-01-21/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1882&index=0&date2=1882&words=Bull+John+Killed&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&rows=20&proxtext=John++Bull+killed&y=6&x=12&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Carson City Nevada Morning appeal., January 21, 1882, Image 2]</ref><ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022044/1882-01-25/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1867&index=0&rows=20&words=Langford+Peel&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1905&proxtext=Langford+Peel&y=12&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Eureka daily sentinel. [volume], January 25, 1882, Image 3]</ref><ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042331/1882-01-27/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1882&index=2&date2=1882&words=BULL+JOHN+killed&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&rows=20&proxtext=John++Bull+killed&y=6&x=12&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Bismarck tribune., January 27, 1882, Image 8]</ref>


Harvard educated,<ref name="gold">{{cite book | title=Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West | publisher=Caxton Press |author1=[[Vardis Fisher|Fisher, Vardis]] |author2=Holmes, Opal Laurel | year=1968 | pages=397 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-sfdSUseN8C&pg=PA397 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/generalcatalogu08univgoog/page/n8 However he is not listed as having graduated from Harvard Harvard University Catalogue]</ref> Peel was known for always giving any opponent a chance in a gunfight.<ref name="tms">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19420201&id=nE5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RA0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5549,5190182 | title=Ridin' Trail Back to The Old Wild West | work=The Milwaukee Sentinel | date=1 Feb 1942 | accessdate=November 7, 2012 | pages=16}}</ref>
Alleged by some sources to have been Harvard educated,<ref name="gold">{{cite book | title=Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West | publisher=Caxton Press |author1=[[Vardis Fisher|Fisher, Vardis]] |author2=Holmes, Opal Laurel | year=1968 | pages=397 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-sfdSUseN8C&pg=PA397 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/generalcatalogu08univgoog/page/n8 However he is not listed as having graduated from Harvard Harvard University Catalogue]</ref> Peel was known for always giving any opponent a chance in a gunfight.<ref name="tms">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19420201&id=nE5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RA0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5549,5190182 | title=Ridin' Trail Back to The Old Wild West | work=The Milwaukee Sentinel | date=1 Feb 1942 | accessdate=November 7, 2012 | pages=16}}</ref>


Mark Twain, in his book ''[[Roughing It]]'', refers (perhaps as an [[inside joke]]) to Peel as "Farmer Pease".<ref>{{cite web|title=John Bull Shot Down His Gambling Pal, Soldier-Turned-Gunfighter Langford Peel|author=William and John Gorenfeld|url=https://www.historynet.com/john-bull-shot-gambling-pal-soldier-turned-gunfighter-langford-peel.htm}}</ref>
Mark Twain, in his book ''[[Roughing It]]'', refers (perhaps as an [[inside joke]]) to Peel as "Farmer Pease".<ref name="wild"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:57, 15 December 2019

Langford M. Peel (1829/1831 – July 21,1867), also known as Farmer Peel was a gunman and gambler in the American Old West.[1][2] According to his grave marker, Langford was born in Liverpool, England. At age 12 he enlisted in the U.S. Army with the approval and help of his mother and stepfather.[3] At the age of 17, he enlisted as a bugler at in "B' Company of the 1st US Dragoons under Captain Edwin Vose Sumner[4]; Peel killed six Indians – three at the Battle of Coon Creek in 1846; 2 in 1850 at Fort Kearney Kansas and a sixth later[5] and rose to rank of Sergeant. He traveled to Leavenworth, Kansas; Salt Lake City; Nevada; and eventually to Helena, Montana.[6] There he was killed by John Bull, his former associate.[7][8][9] The defendant was acquitted August 24, 1867.[10] Bull was later involved in the stabbing of a railroad baggageman and also in 1874 was indicted in Omaha Nebraska for involvement with others on a robbery charge [one of the defendants escaped and the rest were freed]. In 1879, he had a faro game at the Sacramento State Fair; Bull was killed in Denver, Colorado on January 9 1882 by a fellow gambler Jim Bush.[11][12][13]

Alleged by some sources to have been Harvard educated,[14][15] Peel was known for always giving any opponent a chance in a gunfight.[16]

Mark Twain, in his book Roughing It, refers (perhaps as an inside joke) to Peel as "Farmer Pease".[9]

References

  1. ^ Laxalt, Robert (1991). Nevada: A History. University of Nevada Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780874171792.
  2. ^ Convis, Charles (22 November 2011). "Langford Farner Peel". Outlaw Tales of Nevada: True Stories of the Silver State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 22–30. ISBN 978-0-7627-7587-3. Convis alleges that Peel's middle name was "Farner" but this contradicts U.S. Army enlistment records which have "Langford M. Peel".
  3. ^ Robert K. DeArment (9 November 2012). "Farmer Peel". Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 6–28. ISBN 978-0-8061-8470-8.
  4. ^ US army register
  5. ^ Percival Green Lowe Five Years a Dragoon ('49 to '54): And Other Adventures on the Great Plains
  6. ^ Spalding, Charleen. "Langford Peel (1831-1867)". Find A Grave. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  7. ^ The Montana Post August 3, 1867
  8. ^ DeArment, Robert K. (2003). Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Volume 1. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780806135595.
  9. ^ a b Gorenfeld, William; Gorenfeld, John (April 2011). "John Bull Shot Down His Gambling Pal, Soldier-Turned-Gunfighter Langford Peel". Wild West. 23 (6): 20.
  10. ^ The Montana post., August 24, 1867, Page 8, Image 8
  11. ^ Carson City Nevada Morning appeal., January 21, 1882, Image 2
  12. ^ Eureka daily sentinel. [volume, January 25, 1882, Image 3]
  13. ^ Bismarck tribune., January 27, 1882, Image 8
  14. ^ Fisher, Vardis; Holmes, Opal Laurel (1968). Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West. Caxton Press. p. 397.
  15. ^ However he is not listed as having graduated from Harvard Harvard University Catalogue
  16. ^ "Ridin' Trail Back to The Old Wild West". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 1 Feb 1942. p. 16. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
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