About
American explorer who was involved in the infamous almost 30 year Hatfield-McCoy feud which caused him to lose five of his children to violence.
Before Fame
He was born the fourth of thirteen children and grew up on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork.
Trivia
He served in the Confederate Army during the opening years of the war.
Family Life
He married his first cousin, Sarah McCoy in 1849 and they had sixteen children together.
Associated With
Like him, William Barksdale also fought in the Confederate Army.
