When Cullen was about 3 years old, three outlaws rode up to the homestead near the Reelfoot Lake on the Cumberland River in Obion County, north western Tennessee. They accused his father, James Polk Stanley, of stealing a gallon of whiskey from them. James turned to go into the house and they thought he was going for a gun. One of them shot him in the back, severing his spinal cord. He was paralyzed from the waist down and only lived a short time.
After the murder of her first husband, mother Sarah moved to Chalk Mountain, Erath County, Texas with her son Cullen, to live with her brother, Judge John Crittenden Hatchett. There she met her 2nd husband, John Hardin Moore and they married in Texas. The Moores had six or seven children, the first few born in Texas, the rest in Oklahoma. When his mother and step-father moved to New Mexico, Cullen Stanley remained in Oklahoma, married Penney Pope, and had six children.
Cullen was the son of:
James Polk Stanley (1847-1874) and Sarah Hutchison Hatchett (1853-1933).
Cullen was the grandson of:
James Madison "Jim" Hatchett (1812-1866) and Sarah Ann Wagster (1819-after 1880 census).
When Cullen was about 3 years old, three outlaws rode up to the homestead near the Reelfoot Lake on the Cumberland River in Obion County, north western Tennessee. They accused his father, James Polk Stanley, of stealing a gallon of whiskey from them. James turned to go into the house and they thought he was going for a gun. One of them shot him in the back, severing his spinal cord. He was paralyzed from the waist down and only lived a short time.
After the murder of her first husband, mother Sarah moved to Chalk Mountain, Erath County, Texas with her son Cullen, to live with her brother, Judge John Crittenden Hatchett. There she met her 2nd husband, John Hardin Moore and they married in Texas. The Moores had six or seven children, the first few born in Texas, the rest in Oklahoma. When his mother and step-father moved to New Mexico, Cullen Stanley remained in Oklahoma, married Penney Pope, and had six children.
Cullen was the son of:
James Polk Stanley (1847-1874) and Sarah Hutchison Hatchett (1853-1933).
Cullen was the grandson of:
James Madison "Jim" Hatchett (1812-1866) and Sarah Ann Wagster (1819-after 1880 census).
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