The Clements Boys

A family of fighters

The Clements brothers – Mannen, Joe, and Jim – were cousins to the notorious John Wesley Hardin and active participants in the Sutton Taylor feud.

The Clements boys and their fellow Gonzales, TX cowhands

That’s them seated in the front row, pistols at the ready. This photo may have been taken in Abilene, Kansas in 1871 after the boys completed a rather eventful cattle drive.

This photo of John Wesley Hardin was also taken in Abilene, Kansas

Just a week before arriving in Abilene, they ran into trouble with another herd. A seventeen-year-old Hardin and his cousin Jim Clements met the challenge head-on. When the smoke cleared six vaqueros lay dead on the banks of the Little Arkansas.

Most of the cowboys would head back to Texas following a celebration in Abilene. Not Hardin, though. He’d stick around long enough for his famous showdown with another legend of the Old West – Wild Bill Hickok.

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