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J E Hargis Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for James E B Hargis 87 old trail driver who herded cattle with Wesley Hardin were planned for 2 p m Wednesday at McCollum Murray chapel Interment will be in the Confederate cemetery He died Monday after a stroke At 531 Fourth street he lived with his niece Mrs Frank Naegelin A lifelong member of the Texas Trail Drivers association he drove seven times between 1873 and 1879 starting at Gonzales born there He teamed with Hardin and later drove from Medina County Kennedy and King ranches four thousand year old steers went to the Montana Canadian border His last drive from Gonzales in 1879 with the Houston brothers and George Littlefield lost 600 beeves drinking alkali water near the Cimarron River in Indian Territory now Oklahoma He and companions warned other drivers about the danger His father William F Harris was a pioneer cattleman and a relative Adolphus Ward Floyd died in the siege of the Alamo He had lived in San Antonio since 1886 active until about two weeks before his death and attended Old Trail Drivers association dances regularly