"FROM THE HISTORY OF TRINITY COUNTY, THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND MORE...
THE TRINITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHED BY PDC P O BOX 1075 CROCKETT TEXAS 75835
As told by Stokes Vann, a nephew of Dr. Jesse Evans Vann:
In August of 1894, a feud between the Barnett and Sanders families (San Jacinto County) erupted in a gunfight that left two of the Sanders men dead, and two of the Barnetts seriously wounded. Dr. John Paschall Barnett suffered a shattered right arm. They went for Dr. Vann, who amputated the arm. Mr. Stoke Vann said that Dr. Barnett refused anesthetic, saying, "it's not more than a bee sting." Mr. Stokes said he "sat astraddle of Dr. Barnett' and other men in the community "held him down" on the dining table as the arm was taken off. Dr. Vann laid it over on a side table. Mr. Stokes Vann says he thought some of the women folk took the arm somewhere and buried it. Dr. Barnett died of gangrene on Septemberf 4, 1894.
Dr. Barnett's son, Dan Barnett was hit in the head with a hoe during the shoot out, and was lying in a smokehouse waiting his turn of attention from Dr. Vann. Dan Barnett was lying on a cot in the smokehouse, where he had been carried. He was unconscious. They did not give him any anesthetic either, just "held him down". Dr. Vann "took a little auger", and after making a small incision (there was a big gash already there from the hoe) lifted out a piece of skull, splintered and "stove in" and pressig on the brain. When the pressure was removed "he came to, right now", and it took every man present to "hold him down" while the rest of the packing was done. Mr. Stokes Vann says he had a taken a 25 cent piece, hammered it thin on an anvil, and boiled it to sterilize it. Dr. Vann took a pair of sterilized tweezers, lifted the silver piece out of the boiled water and laid it onto the skull and patched the place where the splintered pieces of bone had been removed. And sewed the skin back over it. note: Dan Barnett died in 1939. I had heard various versions as to the type of coin, some say it was a silver dollar, some a fifty center piece. Mr. Stokes Vann said, "it was a quarter! I oughta know! I helped put it "
Dan Barnett was my father's great-uncle. Daddy told me many stories about his Uncle Dan Barnett. His Uncle Dan was a well known and respected member of the community. Daddy said his Uncle Dan was 'a hard and tough but fair man', also said people had to be tough and hard to survive in East Texas.
THE TRINITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHED BY PDC P O BOX 1075 CROCKETT TEXAS 75835
As told by Stokes Vann, a nephew of Dr. Jesse Evans Vann:
In August of 1894, a feud between the Barnett and Sanders families (San Jacinto County) erupted in a gunfight that left two of the Sanders men dead, and two of the Barnetts seriously wounded. Dr. John Paschall Barnett suffered a shattered right arm. They went for Dr. Vann, who amputated the arm. Mr. Stoke Vann said that Dr. Barnett refused anesthetic, saying, "it's not more than a bee sting." Mr. Stokes said he "sat astraddle of Dr. Barnett' and other men in the community "held him down" on the dining table as the arm was taken off. Dr. Vann laid it over on a side table. Mr. Stokes Vann says he thought some of the women folk took the arm somewhere and buried it. Dr. Barnett died of gangrene on Septemberf 4, 1894.
Dr. Barnett's son, Dan Barnett was hit in the head with a hoe during the shoot out, and was lying in a smokehouse waiting his turn of attention from Dr. Vann. Dan Barnett was lying on a cot in the smokehouse, where he had been carried. He was unconscious. They did not give him any anesthetic either, just "held him down". Dr. Vann "took a little auger", and after making a small incision (there was a big gash already there from the hoe) lifted out a piece of skull, splintered and "stove in" and pressig on the brain. When the pressure was removed "he came to, right now", and it took every man present to "hold him down" while the rest of the packing was done. Mr. Stokes Vann says he had a taken a 25 cent piece, hammered it thin on an anvil, and boiled it to sterilize it. Dr. Vann took a pair of sterilized tweezers, lifted the silver piece out of the boiled water and laid it onto the skull and patched the place where the splintered pieces of bone had been removed. And sewed the skin back over it. note: Dan Barnett died in 1939. I had heard various versions as to the type of coin, some say it was a silver dollar, some a fifty center piece. Mr. Stokes Vann said, "it was a quarter! I oughta know! I helped put it "
Dan Barnett was my father's great-uncle. Daddy told me many stories about his Uncle Dan Barnett. His Uncle Dan was a well known and respected member of the community. Daddy said his Uncle Dan was 'a hard and tough but fair man', also said people had to be tough and hard to survive in East Texas.
"FROM THE HISTORY OF TRINITY COUNTY, THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND MORE...
THE TRINITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHED BY PDC P O BOX 1075 CROCKETT TEXAS 75835
As told by Stokes Vann, a nephew of Dr. Jesse Evans Vann:
In August of 1894, a feud between the Barnett and Sanders families (San Jacinto County) erupted in a gunfight that left two of the Sanders men dead, and two of the Barnetts seriously wounded. Dr. John Paschall Barnett suffered a shattered right arm. They went for Dr. Vann, who amputated the arm. Mr. Stoke Vann said that Dr. Barnett refused anesthetic, saying, "it's not more than a bee sting." Mr. Stokes said he "sat astraddle of Dr. Barnett' and other men in the community "held him down" on the dining table as the arm was taken off. Dr. Vann laid it over on a side table. Mr. Stokes Vann says he thought some of the women folk took the arm somewhere and buried it. Dr. Barnett died of gangrene on Septemberf 4, 1894.
Dr. Barnett's son, Dan Barnett was hit in the head with a hoe during the shoot out, and was lying in a smokehouse waiting his turn of attention from Dr. Vann. Dan Barnett was lying on a cot in the smokehouse, where he had been carried. He was unconscious. They did not give him any anesthetic either, just "held him down". Dr. Vann "took a little auger", and after making a small incision (there was a big gash already there from the hoe) lifted out a piece of skull, splintered and "stove in" and pressig on the brain. When the pressure was removed "he came to, right now", and it took every man present to "hold him down" while the rest of the packing was done. Mr. Stokes Vann says he had a taken a 25 cent piece, hammered it thin on an anvil, and boiled it to sterilize it. Dr. Vann took a pair of sterilized tweezers, lifted the silver piece out of the boiled water and laid it onto the skull and patched the place where the splintered pieces of bone had been removed. And sewed the skin back over it. note: Dan Barnett died in 1939. I had heard various versions as to the type of coin, some say it was a silver dollar, some a fifty center piece. Mr. Stokes Vann said, "it was a quarter! I oughta know! I helped put it "
Dan Barnett was my father's great-uncle. Daddy told me many stories about his Uncle Dan Barnett. His Uncle Dan was a well known and respected member of the community. Daddy said his Uncle Dan was 'a hard and tough but fair man', also said people had to be tough and hard to survive in East Texas.
THE TRINITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHED BY PDC P O BOX 1075 CROCKETT TEXAS 75835
As told by Stokes Vann, a nephew of Dr. Jesse Evans Vann:
In August of 1894, a feud between the Barnett and Sanders families (San Jacinto County) erupted in a gunfight that left two of the Sanders men dead, and two of the Barnetts seriously wounded. Dr. John Paschall Barnett suffered a shattered right arm. They went for Dr. Vann, who amputated the arm. Mr. Stoke Vann said that Dr. Barnett refused anesthetic, saying, "it's not more than a bee sting." Mr. Stokes said he "sat astraddle of Dr. Barnett' and other men in the community "held him down" on the dining table as the arm was taken off. Dr. Vann laid it over on a side table. Mr. Stokes Vann says he thought some of the women folk took the arm somewhere and buried it. Dr. Barnett died of gangrene on Septemberf 4, 1894.
Dr. Barnett's son, Dan Barnett was hit in the head with a hoe during the shoot out, and was lying in a smokehouse waiting his turn of attention from Dr. Vann. Dan Barnett was lying on a cot in the smokehouse, where he had been carried. He was unconscious. They did not give him any anesthetic either, just "held him down". Dr. Vann "took a little auger", and after making a small incision (there was a big gash already there from the hoe) lifted out a piece of skull, splintered and "stove in" and pressig on the brain. When the pressure was removed "he came to, right now", and it took every man present to "hold him down" while the rest of the packing was done. Mr. Stokes Vann says he had a taken a 25 cent piece, hammered it thin on an anvil, and boiled it to sterilize it. Dr. Vann took a pair of sterilized tweezers, lifted the silver piece out of the boiled water and laid it onto the skull and patched the place where the splintered pieces of bone had been removed. And sewed the skin back over it. note: Dan Barnett died in 1939. I had heard various versions as to the type of coin, some say it was a silver dollar, some a fifty center piece. Mr. Stokes Vann said, "it was a quarter! I oughta know! I helped put it "
Dan Barnett was my father's great-uncle. Daddy told me many stories about his Uncle Dan Barnett. His Uncle Dan was a well known and respected member of the community. Daddy said his Uncle Dan was 'a hard and tough but fair man', also said people had to be tough and hard to survive in East Texas.
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