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Carolina, where he worked as a farm hand, and cut wood for 50 cents a cord. He then made his way to
Knoxville, Tennessee, where he attended school, earning a teacher's certificate. He taught school for a short time, earning $ 30 a month. After leaving the school, he took a job at Cowan and Dickerson mercantile as a clerk, where he worked for 40 years, before finally becoming owner of the business. It was during this period, he bought up bounty certificates issued to veterans of the
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A monument and historical marker to
Tarleton stands across from the Stephenville campus at the intersection of Lillian and Washington streets. A statue honoring Tarleton was erected on the campus in 2015. The original John Tarleton Ranch House is displayed at the Stephenville Historical House Museum.
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According to two newspaper articles from 1928 and 1949, this is the only photograph ever made of John
Tarleton. It was taken in Galveston Texas, after he had been drugged and robbed by bandits. The sad look in his portrait, which was painted from the tintype by a New York artist in 1905, probably
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The statue of our founder, John
Tarleton, and his pet duck, Oscar P., serves as a way to honor John T. and Oscar P. John T. walked 952 miles from Tennessee to Texas to establish this agriculture based college. The John T. statue is a fun place to stop and take a picture while you learn about our
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When he was 14, he decided to run away and tried to enlist in the Army. He had told a friend of his plan, who then betrayed his secret by telling his aunt. She "nipped the plan in the bud at the recruiting station". He was successful in his next attempt at running away and caught a boat to North
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In 1880, he revisited his land in Erath and Palo Pinto counties. The Native
Americans had been supplanted by settlers, whom he paid for the improvements they had made. He had his land surveyed and tried to sell plots, with no success, so he became a rancher, with middling success.
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Mountain, Vermont, or in New Hampshire, in November 1808, or 1811. He was orphaned when he was seven, and went to live with his widowed aunt in Vermont. His brother was sent to another relative in Virginia.
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Tarleton got to the hearings just in time to present his copy of their marriage contract, and the divorce was granted with no division of property. The couple did, however, remain friends.
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