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Billy Bowlegs IIICourtesy of Theresa Whitice Olah |
Billy Bowlegs III was a descendant of the Billy Bowlegs whose banana patch destruction led to the Billy Bowlegs War of 1855-1858, in which Alderman Carlton, Daniel S. Carlton's great-grandfather was killed and his grandfather, Daniel Wilson Carlton, was wounded on June 14, 1856. Billy Bowlegs was an interesting man, and I am glad I got the chance to meet him. My parents, especially my mother, wanted Diane and me to meet him, because he was a part of her childhood, and because he was an historical character of note. My mother told me that he would always bring her rock candy, when he came to visit my grandfather, Daniel S. Carlton.
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