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Dan Reid

Dan Reid in 1869.

Daniel Reid Sr. (1834 - 1869) was an American Texas Ranger in Colby durung the 19th Century.

Biography[]

Dan Reid was born in Colby, Texas in 1834. In 1843, was born his younger brother John Reid. He married Rebecca Reid in 1857 and had a son named Danny Reid the following year. In 1869, Dan and John met again in Colby after John went back from the east where he studied laws and became a lawyer. Dan offered John to come with him to capture Butch Cavendish (A dangerous outlaw which John had bern met before). During the travel they were ambushed by the Cavendish Gang who killed most of then except John and Dan, who was hurt. Cavendish then ripped Dan's heart and ate It in front of a demi-uncontious John who saw It. John killed Butch Cavendish months later as revenge, leaving him in a carriage which crashed into another train.

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