Roy Bean

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"Judge" Phantly Roy Bean (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric US saloonkeeper and arbitrary judge who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos".

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The legend says that "Hanging Judge Roy Bean," held court sessions in his saloon along the Rio Grande River in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas.

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Roy Bean was born to a senior Phantly Roy Bean (November 21, 1804 - June 13, 1844) and his wife Anna Gore in Mason County, Kentucky about 1825, (some records suggest Roy Bean was born in 1823). His paternal grandparents were Benjamin Bean (November 19, 1781 - September 19, 1781) and his wife Fernetta Johnston, daughter of Archibald Johnston. Both grandparents were born in Virginia.

1825: 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar)....

March 16: March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). There are 290 days remaining....

1903: 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. See 1696....

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