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1909 in Erath County, Texas. He and Emily had seven (7) children. I’ll list those
children and a little background information about them later.

One of Frank Renfro’s great granddaughters, Mary Rudell Renfro Saddler, wrote a
poem about Frank in October of 1994 titled The Killer From Mississippi. I have seen no
specific information about the facts of the story this poem tells but Mary Saddler surely
wrote using the information she had heard about frank and his life from older members
of the Renfro family. The following is the text of that poem:

THE KILLER FROM MISSISSIPPI

I killed some men in Mississip’ because they killed my Pa.
So I spent most of my life a’runnin from the law.
I ran all the way to Texas and there I met my wife,
And even though she loved me, t’was not the best of life.
An outlaw for a husband gave her a’plenty cause to grieve,
Not knowin when I’d be there or when I’d have to leave.

In the winter of 1882, while I was on the run,

A’working here and yonder, a’dodging the lawman’s gun.
In the badlands of New Mexico, I bedded down one night;
Next morn I woke to a bitter cold, a “blue norther” was in sight,
I knew of a run down cabin not very far away,
But just to get there in that storm, it took me all that day.

I towed my gear inside the shack and gathered some wood,
Bedded down my tired old horse, the best way that I could.
I hadn’t had no grub all day and my belly was a’growlin’.
My saddle bag was empty, there was nothing there to eat.
So I built a fire, lit up a smoke, and tried to warm my feet.

I’d warmed a bit and fell asleep, I’d just begun to snore;
When “What the Hell”, was that noise I’d heard outside the door?
I grabbed my gun, jumped to my feet and looked outside to see,
Another man most froze to death a’looking back at me.
He asked to share my cabin to get in from taht storm,
So I bade him in and wrapped him up to try to get him warm.

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