Pioneer rancher and traildriver born in Mississippi

(Texas Day by Day) On this day in 1836, Robert Kelsey Wylie was born in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
… In 1865 he began driving cattle to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a business he continued for ten years. He established cattle ranches near Ballinger and at Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River. He also started a sheep ranch near Van Horn.
At various times he supplied cattle to John S. Chisum and to the foundation herd of the Matador Ranch. Continued