CODY, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"^[1]

1846 - 1917  (70 years)

• Name	CODY, William Frederick
  Nickname	Buffalo Bill
  Birth	26 Feb 1846	LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jan 1917	Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA   [2]
  Death	10 Jan 1917	Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA   [1]
  	Western Frontiersman, Entertainer, Indian Wars Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Scott County, Iowa, his family moved to Kansas when he was eight. When his father died in 1857, young Bill rode a mule as a messenger for a freight company. The next year, he dropped out of school, and began making trips west with wagon trains, looking after the livestock and driving a team of horses for the trains. From 1860 to 1861 he rode on the mail route for the short-lived Pony Express Company, carrying mail from San Francisco, California to St. Joseph, Missouri, and back. During the Civil War, William Cody joined a Jayhawk group, fighting the Confederacy via guerilla style raids in the South, and later served as a Union scout. After the war, he started a hotel in Kansas, but soon sold it to start a freight company, which went out of business when the Indians captured his wagons and horses. After doing some railroad construction work, he became a buffalo hunter, supplying buffalo meat to the railroad gangs building the Transcontinental Railroad. It is said that he killed 4,000 buffalo in just 18 months. His skill with a rifle earned him his lifelong nickname "Buffalo Bill." From 1868 to 1872, he served as a civilian scout for the United States Army, during the Indian Campaigns. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry in action in a battle with Indians on the Platte River, but it was revoked in 1917 because he was not a member of the military at the time the award was made. His family refused to give it back (Medals of Honor are technically the property of the United States Government), and in 1989 his Medal was restored to him. In late 1883, he formed up a "Wild West" Circus to tour the United States and Europe. The show included mock Indian battles and demonstrations of shooting skill, and became one of the widest known and successful entertainment endeavors in the late 19th and early 20 centuries. After 1894, Cody moved to a ranch in northwestern Wyoming. He died while visiting Denver. Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson [3]
  Age	70 years
  Person ID	P2716	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	CODY, Isaac Martin           b. 15 Sep 1811, Mississauga, Peel, Ontario, Canada           d. 10 Mar 1857, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	LAYCOCK, Mary Ann Bonsell           b. 1827, New Jersey, USA           d. 22 Nov 1863, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1840	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 28 years and 3 months - She : ~ 13 years.
  Children	1. CODY, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"           b. 26 Feb 1846, LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, USA           d. 10 Jan 1917, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F5781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FREDERICI, Louisa Maud           b. 27 May 1844, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA           d. 21 Oct 1921, Cody, Park County, Wyoming, USA (Age 77 years)  [1]
  Marriage	6 Mar 1866	St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 1 month - She : 21 years and 10 months.
  Family ID	F5782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Feb 1846 - LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, USA Marriage - 6 Mar 1866 - St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Burial - Jan 1917 - Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA Death - 10 Jan 1917 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  An American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. - My 5th Cousin 5 Times Removed. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Familysearch.org. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: Find a Grave Added: 25 Apr 1998 Find a Grave Memorial #211 [S50] Findagrave.com.