deaths
April 23, 1850
John Joel Glanton, American outlaw, soldier, mercenary, and Texas ranger (born ~1819)
John Joel Glanton
John Joel Glanton was an early settler of Arkansas Territory. He was also a Texas Ranger and a soldier in the Mexican–American War and the leader of a notorious gang of scalp-hunters in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States during the mid-19th century. Contemporary sources also describe him as a murderous outlaw and prominent participant in the Texas Revolution. He appears as a violent figure in the works of the prominent Western writers Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy.
April 23
April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year.