Co. B, Kansas Cav.
The Anadarko Tribune June 27, 1929
Thomas Shanley, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.J. Johnson, in Anadarko, June 18, 1929, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 27 days, was a native of Ireland. Shanley was a member of the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry under Allison J. Pliley, captain of the Independent Scouts, and was known as the Kid Scout. He was among the few white survivors of the troops led by General Custer against the Cheyenne under Black Kettle when they made their last stand against armed forces. In a book entitled "Reminiscences of a Plainsman," Mr. Shanley said in part "I was on the plains from the time I was seventeen and I knew the prairies and the ways of the Indians pretty well when Col. H.L. Moore employed me to scout for the battalion of the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry which was organized in July, 1867." During this time he was in Kansas, later coming into Indian Territory. In the battle of Prairie Dog Creek in Phillips county, Kansas, he was wounded in an encounter with the Indians, receiving two bullet wounds in the calf of the right leg. Other battles with the Indians in which he participated were "Roman Nose" in September, 1867, on Medicine Lodge creek, and "Beecher Island" on the Arickaree river in Yuma county, Colorado. After being mustered out of service Shanley returned to Fort Sill and assisted in erecting the buildings which were completed before 1872. Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Farmer Funeral Home at Fifth and Oklahoma Wednesday, June 20,
conducted by Rev. C.W. Rasure. "Saved by Grace" and "We Are Going Down the Valley" were sung by Mrs. Phillips, Miss Ruth Phillips, C.A. Stiles, A. Bower and Mrs. J.H. Farmer. Members of the American Legion were in charge of the funeral and the following members were pall bearers Bill Spence, Grover King, John Williams, Chas. Goodwin, John Burkhalter and Vernie Green. Taps was sounded at the grave and a firing squad paid tribute to the departed by firing a volley of shots over the grave as a last mark of respect to the memory of this venerable old scout who passed into the Great Beyond after four score and six years among us.
The Anadarko Tribune June 27, 1929
Thomas Shanley, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.J. Johnson, in Anadarko, June 18, 1929, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 27 days, was a native of Ireland. Shanley was a member of the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry under Allison J. Pliley, captain of the Independent Scouts, and was known as the Kid Scout. He was among the few white survivors of the troops led by General Custer against the Cheyenne under Black Kettle when they made their last stand against armed forces. In a book entitled "Reminiscences of a Plainsman," Mr. Shanley said in part "I was on the plains from the time I was seventeen and I knew the prairies and the ways of the Indians pretty well when Col. H.L. Moore employed me to scout for the battalion of the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry which was organized in July, 1867." During this time he was in Kansas, later coming into Indian Territory. In the battle of Prairie Dog Creek in Phillips county, Kansas, he was wounded in an encounter with the Indians, receiving two bullet wounds in the calf of the right leg. Other battles with the Indians in which he participated were "Roman Nose" in September, 1867, on Medicine Lodge creek, and "Beecher Island" on the Arickaree river in Yuma county, Colorado. After being mustered out of service Shanley returned to Fort Sill and assisted in erecting the buildings which were completed before 1872. Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Farmer Funeral Home at Fifth and Oklahoma Wednesday, June 20,
conducted by Rev. C.W. Rasure. "Saved by Grace" and "We Are Going Down the Valley" were sung by Mrs. Phillips, Miss Ruth Phillips, C.A. Stiles, A. Bower and Mrs. J.H. Farmer. Members of the American Legion were in charge of the funeral and the following members were pall bearers Bill Spence, Grover King, John Williams, Chas. Goodwin, John Burkhalter and Vernie Green. Taps was sounded at the grave and a firing squad paid tribute to the departed by firing a volley of shots over the grave as a last mark of respect to the memory of this venerable old scout who passed into the Great Beyond after four score and six years among us.
Co. B, Kansas Cav.
The Anadarko Tribune June 27, 1929
Thomas Shanley, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.J. Johnson, in Anadarko, June 18, 1929, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 27 days, was a native of Ireland. Shanley was a member of the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry under Allison J. Pliley, captain of the Independent Scouts, and was known as the Kid Scout. He was among the few white survivors of the troops led by General Custer against the Cheyenne under Black Kettle when they made their last stand against armed forces. In a book entitled "Reminiscences of a Plainsman," Mr. Shanley said in part "I was on the plains from the time I was seventeen and I knew the prairies and the ways of the Indians pretty well when Col. H.L. Moore employed me to scout for the battalion of the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry which was organized in July, 1867." During this time he was in Kansas, later coming into Indian Territory. In the battle of Prairie Dog Creek in Phillips county, Kansas, he was wounded in an encounter with the Indians, receiving two bullet wounds in the calf of the right leg. Other battles with the Indians in which he participated were "Roman Nose" in September, 1867, on Medicine Lodge creek, and "Beecher Island" on the Arickaree river in Yuma county, Colorado. After being mustered out of service Shanley returned to Fort Sill and assisted in erecting the buildings which were completed before 1872. Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Farmer Funeral Home at Fifth and Oklahoma Wednesday, June 20,
conducted by Rev. C.W. Rasure. "Saved by Grace" and "We Are Going Down the Valley" were sung by Mrs. Phillips, Miss Ruth Phillips, C.A. Stiles, A. Bower and Mrs. J.H. Farmer. Members of the American Legion were in charge of the funeral and the following members were pall bearers Bill Spence, Grover King, John Williams, Chas. Goodwin, John Burkhalter and Vernie Green. Taps was sounded at the grave and a firing squad paid tribute to the departed by firing a volley of shots over the grave as a last mark of respect to the memory of this venerable old scout who passed into the Great Beyond after four score and six years among us.
The Anadarko Tribune June 27, 1929
Thomas Shanley, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M.J. Johnson, in Anadarko, June 18, 1929, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 27 days, was a native of Ireland. Shanley was a member of the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry under Allison J. Pliley, captain of the Independent Scouts, and was known as the Kid Scout. He was among the few white survivors of the troops led by General Custer against the Cheyenne under Black Kettle when they made their last stand against armed forces. In a book entitled "Reminiscences of a Plainsman," Mr. Shanley said in part "I was on the plains from the time I was seventeen and I knew the prairies and the ways of the Indians pretty well when Col. H.L. Moore employed me to scout for the battalion of the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry which was organized in July, 1867." During this time he was in Kansas, later coming into Indian Territory. In the battle of Prairie Dog Creek in Phillips county, Kansas, he was wounded in an encounter with the Indians, receiving two bullet wounds in the calf of the right leg. Other battles with the Indians in which he participated were "Roman Nose" in September, 1867, on Medicine Lodge creek, and "Beecher Island" on the Arickaree river in Yuma county, Colorado. After being mustered out of service Shanley returned to Fort Sill and assisted in erecting the buildings which were completed before 1872. Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Farmer Funeral Home at Fifth and Oklahoma Wednesday, June 20,
conducted by Rev. C.W. Rasure. "Saved by Grace" and "We Are Going Down the Valley" were sung by Mrs. Phillips, Miss Ruth Phillips, C.A. Stiles, A. Bower and Mrs. J.H. Farmer. Members of the American Legion were in charge of the funeral and the following members were pall bearers Bill Spence, Grover King, John Williams, Chas. Goodwin, John Burkhalter and Vernie Green. Taps was sounded at the grave and a firing squad paid tribute to the departed by firing a volley of shots over the grave as a last mark of respect to the memory of this venerable old scout who passed into the Great Beyond after four score and six years among us.
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